USA:
1814: US Mint Director confirms the US Federal and Spanish Dollars identical weight, 416 Grains: 0.864583335 Ozt.
Assuming the French Franc 0.187083333 Ozt and
Fr. 1. = $ 0.2200217 ; $ 1. = Fr. 4.545
New York: £ 1. = USD$ 4.083 ; USD$ 1. = £ 0.245
Philadelphia: £ 1. = USD$ 4.1024 ; USD$ 1. = £ 0.244
London:
(Spanish Dollar .895833 Fine, 415 Grains)
Average, 1814 : S$ 1. = £ 0.2737 ; $3.6542
1 Ozt Fine Ag = £ 0.38605
Letter of July 30, 1818:
August, 1814:
8/1814, London: 1 Troy Oz. Gold (Mkt, .999 ) = £ 4.3626 - £ 4.5818
8/1814, London: £ 1. = Fr. 22.10 - 23.40 ; £ 0.0427 - 0.452
In 1813-4, commodities from the West Indies and America doubled in price.
France:
August/September, Paris (assumed, common) : £ 1. = Fr. 24. ; £ 0.417 = Fr. 1.
1804-14: Fr 1. 4.97 g. @ .902 = 4.483 g. Fine Ag.
Austria:
Where 1 Ducat (3.4909 g *.986 Fine Au = 3.442 g) @ Fl. 4.2333 Gulden (Fl. 1. = 60 Kreutzers), and Fl. 1. (14.029 g. *.833 Fine Ag = 11.786 g),
1 Troy Ounce Gold-Coin (.999 Au) = Fl. 38.254
1 Troy Ounce Silver-Coin (.999 Ag) = Fl. 2.6616
Given the variability of the Florin and Franc coins, Fl.1 = Fr. 2.595 - 2.630 ; conservatively Fr. 2.6120 and commonly stated as "Fl.1 = Fr. 2.6o"
Russia:
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