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Denomination of Coin.
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Standard Weight.
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Least Current Weight.
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Standard Fineness.
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Remedy Allowance.
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Imperial Weight.
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Metric Weight.
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Imperial Weight.
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Metric Weight.
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Weight per piece.
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Millesimal Fineness.
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Grains.
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Grams.
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Grains.
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Grams.
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Imperial Grains.
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Metric Grams.
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Gold:
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Five pound
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616·37239
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39·94028
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612·50000
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39·68935
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}
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Eleven-twelfths fine gold, one-twelfth alloy; or millesimal fineness 916·66.
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{
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1·00000
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0·06479
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}
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0·002
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Two pound
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246·54895
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15·97611
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245·00000
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15·87574
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0·40000
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0·02592
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Sovereign
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123·27447
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7·98805
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122·50000
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7·93787
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0·20000
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0·01296
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Half-sovereign
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61·63723
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3·99402
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61·12500
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3·96083
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0·10000
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0·00648
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Silver:
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Crown
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436·36363
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28·27590
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—
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—
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}
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Thirty-seven fortieths fine silver, three fortieths alloy; or millesimal fineness 925.
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{
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1·81818
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0·11781
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}
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0·004
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Half Crown
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218·18181
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14·13795
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—
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—
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0·90909
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0·05890
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Florin
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174·54545
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11·31036
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—
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—
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0·72727
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0·04712
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Shilling
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87·27272
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5·65518
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—
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—
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0·36363
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0·02356
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Sixpence
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43·63636
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2·82759
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—
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—
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0·18181
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0·01178
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Groat or Fourpence
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29·09090
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1·88506
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—
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—
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0·12121
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0·00785
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Threepence
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21·81818
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1·41379
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—
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—
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0·09090
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0·00589
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Twopence
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14·54545
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0·94253
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—
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—
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0·06060
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0·00392
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Penny
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7·27272
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0·47126
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—
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—
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0·03030
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0·00196
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Bronze:
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Penny
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145·83333
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9·44984
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—
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—
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}
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Mixed metal, copper, tin, and zinc.
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{
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2·91666
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0·18899
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}
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None.
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Halfpenny
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87·50000
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5·66990
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—
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—
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1·75000
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0·11339
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Farthing
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43·75000
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2·83495
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—
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—
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0·87500
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0·05669
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The weight and fineness of the coins specified in this Schedule are according to what is provided by the Act fifty-six George the Third, chapter sixty-eight, that the gold coin of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland should hold such weight and fineness as were prescribed in the then existing Mint indenture (that is to say), that there should be nine hundred and thirty-four sovereigns and one ten shilling piece contained in twenty pounds weight troy of standard gold, of the fineness at the trial of the same of twenty-two carats fine gold and two carats of alloy in the pound weight troy; and, further, as regards silver coin, that there should be sixty-six shillings in every pound troy of standard silver of the fineness of eleven ounces two pennyweights of fine silver and eighteen pennyweights of alloy in every pound weight troy.
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