Wages: UK, USA, France

c. 1829 UK Gold-Beaters, 

Criminal Case 4/11/1829: 5 books of leaf gold , 6s. 7d. ; 10 books of Leaf-Gold £ 0.6583

Cost 1,000 Books of Thinnest Leaf-Gold = £ 2.60 ;  
Wholesale Price 1,000 Books of Thinnest Leaf-Gold = £ 2.75
Wholesale Price 1,000 Books of Heaviest Leaf-Gold = £ 9.
Labor Cost 1,000 Books of Heaviest Leaf-Gold = £ 0.90

Retail Price 1,000 Books of Heaviest Leaf-Gold = £ 65.83








USA Occupation: Blacksmith 

1860: Relative Wage Index = 100.0 ;  USD$ 10.68 
1870: Relative Wage Index = 104.0 ;  USD$ 18.24  ..... $ 14.58 
1880: Relative Wage Index = 122.6 ;  USD$ 15.54  ..... $ 15.59
1890: Relative Wage Index = 165.0 ; USD$ 16.26  ..... $ 15.80









NYC 1869, Gold-Weaters Weekly Wage, in USD$ currency ; Weekly ~$ 10.53 - 13.53; Median $12.
 






UK:
1870: London Occupation, Gold-Beater Weekly £ 1.00 - 1.20 (USD$ 5.59 - 6.71)



France:

Paris? Occupation: Gold-Beater

1860: Relative Wage Index =  ;  (USD$ 6.95)  ..... $
1870: Relative Wage Index =  ;  (USD$ 9.82) ..... $
1880: Relative Wage Index =  ;  (USD$ 9.25) ..... $
1890: Relative Wage Index =  ;  USD$ 4.62 - 11.58 ($8.10) ..... $




1898: where USD$ 1. = Fr. 5.23, striking gold-beaters were paid ~$0.96 - 1.43 ($5.74/wkly)


Paris: c.1839 Fr. 3.50 ~ $ 0.6541 (Fr 21. = $3.92/wkly)





Paris? Occupation: Goldsmith

1860: Relative Wage Index =  ;  USD$ 2.63 - 9.00 ($5.82) ..... $
1870: Relative Wage Index =  ;  USD$ 3.72 -12.72 ($8.22) ..... $
1880: Relative Wage Index =  ;  USD$ 3.90 -11.58 ($7.74) ..... $
1890: Relative Wage Index =  ;  USD$ 4.86 - 8.70 ($6.78) ..... $




Paris Occupation: Blacksmith 

1860 = USD$  
1870 = USD$     ..... $ 7.17 
1880 = USD$     ..... $ 7.83
1890 = USD$     ..... $ 9.39

1804

UK:

Spanish Dollar after 1772:

S$ 1. = 0.8675 Ozt, 0.8958333 Fine Ag; 0.77713542 Ozt Fine Ag

c.1804 Coin Assay:
Citation: The elements of commerce; or, A treatise on different calculations [&c.]; Christopher Dubost (1806)

 
London Exchange in Sept. 1804
 
Par, sending Cash: 


US/UK 1804:

Foreign Exchange (August, 1804) :

 

1804: 1 Troy Ounce Fine Silver, Spanish Dollars = £ 0.3242 - 0.3267

 




USA:




As stated in the Preface:





 


1804: 0.50 руб (Ag) = 157.5 English Troy Grains * 0.86667 Fine Ag = 136.5 Grains/ 8.845 g Fine Ag
where S$ 0.7361 = 1 руб (Ag) = £ 0.1844 - 0.2524

1804: 1 Troy Ounce Fine Silver, Coined Roubles = 1.75824 руб
 


Assayed in 1809?




France c. 1804: 





April 1804

















 






c.1805




Germany: 1 C. Rthlr = 1 Banco Mark, 2mo = Fr. 3.436 3mo = S$ 0.901 3mo
  

Russia:

1806: Foreign Exchange (Coin Rate) Table

UK:
S$ 1. = £ 0.2272 - £ 0.2306

 

France:

Mid march 1806:


9/1/1806:




c.1806?: 

USD $1. = 0.87094077 Ozt @ .896 Fine Ag = 0.78036293 Ozt Fine Ag.  

Citation: Traité des monnaies d'or et d'argent qui circulent chez les differens &c.; Pierre F. Bonneville (1806)

Citation: Annuaire commercial: ou vade mecum des commerçans et des voyageurs &c...; Edmond Degrange (1810)





c. 1806?

1806?: 1 руб Banco = Fr. 2.864
1806?: 1 руб Ag = Fr. 4.01





Russia:

1806: 1 руб Banco = Fr. 2.98







1806: S$1. = Fr 5.417 

USA:

Where 114 ozt of Coin Silver (.891) cost $142.50, NY£ 0.50/Ozt, 'Plate' cost 

1806: 1 Troy Ounce Silver (Retail: Mfg, standard) = USD$ 2.54

1806: 1 Troy Ounce Silver (Mkt: Est. .999 Fine) = USD$ 1.40
1806: 1 Troy Oz. .999 Ag (Manufacture) = USD$ 1.45
1806: 1 Troy Oz. Silver (Ret: Est. .999, Mfg) = USD$ 2.86






 




By deduction, USA 1806:

Spain:

1806: S$1. = 0.86458334 Ozt. ; 0.896875 Fine = 0.7754232 Ozt. Fine Ag

1806: Spanish & USD$ ($1) to Rheinish Gulden: 

1805?


Peruvian Bark