INTRODUCTION

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of James, the unite of Charles i., and the broad of Charles Il.
(140 grains); 4, the guil1ea of Charles ir., first struck in
1663 (131 grains). Now Lauder's larger coin was a Scots
or English Jacobus, therefore it is the unite of James vi.
and his smaller coin is called both a Carolus and a new
Jacobus, therefore it is the coin of 140 grains. The two
pieces are mentioned in a proclamation by the Privy Council
in 1661 heightening certain coins.2

es. L. eu(.. Z, S. D. ~300L8.

'The Double Angel 3 13.06.08 14,0~,08
'The Single Angel 6,13,04 7.02.04
Ile Dager Peice G.13.0~ ce 7,02,04
'I7~e Scots Ryder 6,]3,04 ê: 7.02.04

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The New Peice 4 g 12.00.00 8 12,16,00
The Halfe o 6.00,00 S:! 6.08.00
The Quarter 3.00.00 S 3.04.00

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Rou Noble, Scots and English, cE 10.13.0~ g 11.0¡,Q4
The Hary Noble 9.06,08 9.19.00

(3). Dollar. In Lauder's accounts the reader is struck by
the prominent position of the dollar. While debts and
obligations were calculated in pounds Scots or merks, dollars
supplied the current')' for household and other pa)'ments, just
as pounds do at the present day They were foreign coins
of various denominations and various intrinsic value, but of
inferior fineness to the Scots standard of silver money, which
was eleven penny fine-eleven parts silver to one part alloy.
They passed current for more than their intrinsic value, and
the native silver money was withdrawn from the country.
1111 through the reigns of Charles i. and Charles n. the sub-
ject ga\'e great concern to the l\1int, the Parliament, the

1 Once mentioned by Lauder, p, 220.

2 This table may be compared with Louis XIII.'s \'aluation of some of these
coins (p. 80). The Scots piece there mentioned with two swords, and the legend
Salus, etc., is no doubt the sword and sceptre piece of James VI. (1601-4).
Iiut the issue value of the whole piece, not the half piece, was 611. Scots.
3 L'\Uder's Jacobus. 4 Lauder's Carolus.