1700’s British Coin Weight - One Pistol - circulated in UK early 1700's (C537)

Circulating foreign gold coin was prevalent in the UK at this time with French Louis d'Or and Spanish Pistoles both circulating in commerce at 17/6d, compared to a freshly minted Guinea at 21/6d. 

Isaac Newton (Master of the Royal Mint) ttested the worn foreign coin and typically found it to be worth 17/1d and emphasised to the Treasury secretary that such coin was merely bullion and not official coin of the realm. A resulting Proclamation of 5th February 1701 brought the value of the foreign coin down to 17 Shillings, with the consequence that many were sent to the Mint for converting to current coin, and some £1,400,000 worth accounted for more or less the whole coinage of 1701 and 1702.

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