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CHAP. CCLXXXIII. Of the Exchanges of Florence, the Ducal City of Tuscany.
* 1.1IN Florence the Exchangers keep their Accounts in Livres, Solds, and Deniers, Picoli, and Exchange in Crowns, Sols, and Deniers.
The Moneys which is here called Picol, is the Money current of the place; the Crown is always worth Livres 7. Sol. 10. of Picol, wherein the Custom of other places is divers, in which the Crown of Gold, with the current Moneys, and here the variety is accorded by the Exchange.
They use also a Ducat, which is worth Livres 7. or else Bolonini 70.
In the use of Exchanging it giveth the broken Number to Lions, Placentia, Genoua Millan, and Venice, and to all others the entire or whole Number found to be either one Crown, or 100 Crowns.
| Florence doth exchange with | Placentia | Crowns | 105 | for | 100 Crowns |
| Lions | Crowns | 105½ | 100 Crowns | ||
| Rome | Crowns | 100 | 96 Ducats | ||
| Genoua | Crowns | 106 | 100 Crowns of Gold | ||
| Millan | Crowns | 106½ | 100 Crowns of Gold | ||
| Venetia | Crowns | 82½ | 100 Ducates | ||
| Lucca | Crowns | 100 | 112 Ducatoons | ||
| Naples | Crowns | 100 | 130 Ducats | ||
| Lechi | Crowns | 100 | 129 Ducats | ||
| Bari | Crowns | 100 | 129¼ Ducats | ||
| Palermo | Crown | 1 | 28½ Carlins | ||
| Mesina | Crown | 1 | 28⅓ Carlins | ||
| Antw. & Col. | Crown | 1 | 118 Gross | ||
| London | Crown | 1 | 80 Pence sterl. | ||
| Valentia | Crown | 1 | 23 4 Sold. | ||
| Saragosa | Crown | 1 | 23 6 Sol. | ||
| Barcelona | Crown | 1 | 23 2 Sol. | ||
| Siv. al. Med. | Crown | 1 | 432 Marvedes | ||
| Lisbon | Crown | 1 | 460 Rais | ||
| Bollonia | Crowns | 100 | 115½ Ducatoons | ||
| Bergamo | Crowns | 100 | 115 Ducatoons | ||
| Franckford | Crown | 1 | 89 Quarentins |