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English Coinage

English 1 money is reckoned in pounds, shillings, pence and farthings thus symboled and relatively 1 1 S. = d. = 20 240 1 = 12 = q. 960 48 4 1 20.0765 60.2296 66 66 1.1023 Ounces 1.1023 Pounds 2.2046 66 French Binary Weights Comwith U. S. Apothecaries Weight. Livre (16 oz) = 1 4 0 1 9.3941 (12 oz)=1001 2.0456 Lbs. Oz. Drms. Scruples. G. ains. = = 1001.8371 1 0 0.2296 1 0.0765 .8365 6049. Value of French Binary Weights in Troy Weight.

Lb. Oz. Dwt. Gr. 1 French Livre (16 oz.) =1 “ “ Once Gros Denier Grain (12 oz.) =1 4 1 5.184 0 0 21.888 1 0 1.824 2 12.228 20.076 .8365 1 =

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