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The Current Coinage of the World: Bolivian

Bolivia.- Bolivian value. 100 Centimes Systematic name. = I Dollar.

Brazil.-Same as Portugal.

English value. 35. Id. * British Guiana. - Same as the United States. 100 cents = 1 dollar = 45. 2d. English. British, Spanish, and South American coins are also in circulation. Burmah.-In Burmah the system of metallic money is the primitive one of currency by weight. There are no gold or silver coins, and the only ones are a few in lead for small payments. Lead, silver, and gold are used for money. For large payments gold and silver are used; all payments made by the balance, the unit of weight being the Sical, worth about 2s. 8d. English. Canada, Dominion of. In British North America accounts are generally kept in Dollars and Cents, but sometimes in £. s. d. currency, the word currency being used to distinguish those denominations from £. s. d. sterling of Great Britain. 100 Cents...... = I Dollar.

Canadian Value.

Systematic Name.

Approximate British Sterling Value.

IO Mills = I Cent .. .. 2d. 4s. 2d.

I Penny... .. d. 10d. 1 Pound Currency...... 16s. 8d.

I2 Pence = I Shilling 20 Shillings * The current coins are gold doubloons and silver dollars, and their subdivisions. The Bolivian silver dollar, when of full weight and fineness, is worth 4s. 2d. sterling, but for many years coins issued from the Potosi Mint have been 25 per cent. below the standard. This has reduced the exchange value of the Bolivian currency to about 3s. Id. sterling per dollar. Gold.