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<DIV1 TYPE="Act of Parliament">
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<HEAD TYPE="illustration"><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>blazon or coat of arms</FIGDESC>
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<HEAD><HI>An Act touching the Moneys and Coyns of</HI> England.</HEAD>
<P>_VVHereas the ordering of Moneys and Coyns, and &s;etting the &s;ame at &s;uch va|luations and prizes as &s;hall be thought convenient and nece&s;&s;ary, is appropriate and of right belonging to the Soveraign and Supreme Authority of this Com|monwealth; And the Parliament having Re&s;olved to change and alter the for|mer Stamps, Arms, Pictures, with the Motto's, VVords, Stiles and In&s;criptions in and about the &s;ame, and to cau&s;e new Coyns of Gold and Silver to be made of &s;everal Stamps, weights and values, but of one uniform Standard and Allay, to be currant within this State and Commonwealth of <HI>England;</HI> (that is to &s;ay) One piece of Gold of the value of Twenty &s;hillings <HI>Sterlin,</HI> to be called, <HI>The Twenty &s;hillings piece,</HI> &s;tamped on the one &s;ide with the Cro&s;s, and a Palm and Lawrel, with the&s;e words, <HI>The Commonwealth of England;</HI> and on the other &s;ide with the Cro&s;s and Harp, with the&s;e words, <HI>God with us:</HI> One other piece of Gold money of Ten &s;hillings, to be called, <HI>The Ten &s;hillings piece;</HI> and one other piece of Gold money of Five &s;hillings, to be called, <HI>The Five &s;hillings piece,</HI> with the &s;ame VVords, In|&s;criptions, Pictures and Arms on each &s;ide as the former: And for Silver moneys, pieces of Five &s;hil|lings, and pieces of Two &s;hillings and &s;ix pence, and pieces of Twelve pence, and pieces of Six pence, having the &s;ame VVords, In&s;criptions, Pictures and Arms on each &s;ide as the former; Al&s;o pieces of Two pence, and One peny, having the &s;ame Pictures and Arms as the former, without any VVords or In&s;cri|ptions; and the Half peny having on the one &s;ide a Cro&s;s, and on the other &s;ide a Harp: All which &s;e|veral Coyns of Gold and Silver, The Parliament doth hereby Enact, Declare, publi&s;h and authorize to be among&s;t others heretofore u&s;ed, the Moneys currant for this State and Commonwealth of <HI>England,</HI> to be u&s;ed and received by all the People of this Nation, in all Receipts and payments, and in all maner of Traffiquing, Bargaining and Dealing between man and man, at the &s;everal Rates and values contained in the Schedule or Table hereunto annexed, expre&s;sing their true Values and VVeights, according to the Accompt of the Mint within the Tower of <HI>London.</HI></P>
<P><TABLE>
<HEAD>Pieces of Gold.</HEAD>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>Peny weights 20.</CELL>
<CELL>Grains 24.</CELL>
<CELL>Mites 20.</CELL>
<CELL>Droits 24.</CELL>
<CELL>Perits 20.</CELL>
<CELL>Blanks 24.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>s.<LB>xx</CELL>
<CELL>05</CELL>
<CELL>20</CELL>
<CELL>10</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>s.<LB>x</CELL>
<CELL>02</CELL>
<CELL>22</CELL>
<CELL>05</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>s.<LB>v</CELL>
<CELL>01</CELL>
<CELL>11</CELL>
<CELL>02</CELL>
<CELL>12</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<HEAD>Pieces of Silver.</HEAD>
<ROW>
<CELL>s.<LB>v</CELL>
<CELL>19</CELL>
<CELL>08</CELL>
<CELL>10</CELL>
<CELL>08</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>s. d.<LB>ii vi</CELL>
<CELL>09</CELL>
<CELL>16</CELL>
<CELL>05</CELL>
<CELL>04</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>d.<LB>xii</CELL>
<CELL>03</CELL>
<CELL>20</CELL>
<CELL>18</CELL>
<CELL>01</CELL>
<CELL>10</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>d.<LB>vi</CELL>
<CELL>01</CELL>
<CELL>22</CELL>
<CELL>09</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>15</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>d.<LB>ii</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>15</CELL>
<CELL>09</CELL>
<CELL>16</CELL>
<CELL>05</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>d.<LB>i</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>07</CELL>
<CELL>14</CELL>
<CELL>20</CELL>
<CELL>02</CELL>
<CELL>12</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>ob.</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
<CELL>03</CELL>
<CELL>17</CELL>
<CELL>10</CELL>
<CELL>01</CELL>
<CELL>06</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></P>
<P>Memorandum, <HI>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.</HI></P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Martis, 17 Julii, 1649.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Parliament, That this Act be forthwith Printed and Publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Hen: Scobell, Cleric. Parliamenti.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>Edward Husband</HI> and <HI>John Field,</HI> Printers to the Parliament of <HI>England.</HI> 1649.</P>
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