An Act touching the moneys & coyns of England.:

July .5. 1649 An Act for redrese of y^e Complainte^s and q••••••••ntes of y^e People against Masters Collectors Officers and Souldiers. Vide voll. 8^th. fol. 53. single sheets.expand_less

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AN ACT Touching the Moneys & Coyns OF ENGLAND.

VVHereas the Ordering of Moneys and Coyns, and setting the same at such valuations and prizes as shall be thought convenient & necessary, is appropri∣ate and of right belong∣ing to the Soveraign and Supreme Autho∣rity of this Commonwealth; And the Parlia∣ment having Resolved to change and alter the former Stamps, Arms, Pictures, with the Motto's, Words, Stiles and Iuscriptions in

and about the same, and to cause new Coyns of Gold and Silver to be made of several Stamps, Weights and Values, but of one uniform Stan∣dard and Allay, to be current within this State and Commonwealth of England; (that is to say) One piece of Gold of the value of Twenty shil∣lings Sterlin, to be called, The Twenty shillings piece, stamped on the one side with the Cross, and a Palm and Lawrel, with these words, The Com∣monwealth of ENGLAND; and on the other side with the Cross and Harp, with these words, God with us: One other piece of Gold money of Ten shillings, to be called, The Ten shillings piece; and one other piece of Gold money of Five shillings, to be called, The Five shillings piece, with the same Words, Inscriptions, Pictures and Arms on each side, as the former: And for Silver mo∣neys, pieces of Five shillings, and pieces of Two shillings and six pence, and pieces of Twelve pence, and pieces of Six pence, having the same Words, Iuscriptions, Pictures and Arms on each side as the former; Also pieces of Two pence, and One peny, having the same Pictures and Arms as the former, without any Words or Inscriptions; and the Half peny having on the one side a Cross, and on the other side a Harp: All which several Coyns of Gold and Silver, The Parliament doth hereby Enact, Declare, Publish and Authorize to be amongst others heretofore used, the Moneys current for this State and Commonwealth of England, to be used and received by all the People of this Na∣tion, in all Receipts and Payments, and in all maner of Traffiquing, Bargaining and Deal∣ing between man and man, at the several rates and values contained in the Schedule or Table hereunto annexed, expressing their true Values

and Weights, according to the Accompt of the Mint within the Tower of London.

	Peny weights 20.	Grains 24.	Mites 20.	Droits 24.	Perits 20.	Blanks 24.
Pieces of Gold.	S. xx	05	20	10	00	00	00
S. x	02	22	05	00	00	00
S. v	01	11	02	12	00	00
Pieces of Silver.	S. v	19	08	10	08	00	00
S. d. ii vi	09	16	05	04	00	00
d. xii	03	20	18	01	10	00
d. vi	01	22	09	00	15
d. ii	00	15	09	16	05
d. i	00	07	14	20	02	12
ob.	00	03	17	10	01	06

Memorandum, Twelve Ounces makes a pound weight Troy; Twenty peny weight makes an Ounce; Twenty four Grains makes a peny weight; Twenty Mites makes a Grain; Twenty four Droits makes a Mite; Twenty Perits makes a Droit; Twenty four Blanks makes a Perit.