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B05541 A proclamation appointing some forraigne species of gold and silver to be current Scotland. Privy Council.; Scotland. Sovereign (1649-1685 : Charles II) 1677 (1677) Wing S1705; ESTC R225702 1,648 1

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C R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE A PROCLAMATION Appointing some Forraigne species of Gold and Silver to be Current CHARLES by the Grace of GOD King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith To Our Lyon King at Arms and his Brethren Heraulds Macers Pursevants and Messengers at Arms Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute Greeting Forasmuch as the Lords of Our Privy Council having taken to their Consideration a Petition presented by the Provost of Edinburgh in Name and by Warrand of the Royall Burrowes of this Kingdom Representing as one of the great causes of the Decay of Commerce amongst all Qualities of people of this Kingdom and the deadness of the Forraign and Inland Trade thereof to be the great scarcity of the stock of Coyn and of all manner of species of Money in this Kingdom that does much incommodate all manner of Dealers who are necessitate to deal upon Credit wanting the supplies of species of money to maintain the same which Scarcity having been occasioned by the small Quantities of Silver that used to be coyned formerly In Our Mint before Our late happy Restauration and the frequent Exportation even of the saids small Quantities into Forraign parts And having remitted the Consideration of the foresaid Petition to a Commitee of their number for preparing the said matter impowering them to confer with the Officers of our Mint and these of the Burrowes who were intrusted with the said Petition and to take exact tryal of the fineness of Forraign Coin both of Gold and silver who having accordingly conferred with these of the saids Burrowes and Officers of Our Mint and having seen exact Tryal taken of the Intrinsick Finenesse and Value of several sorts of forraign Coyn by the subtile essay taken in their presence did make report that the Spanish and Dutch Duccatoon the Spanish Milrynd and French Crown are much finer than other forraign Coyn now presently currant in this Kingdom W E Therefore being unwilling to restrain the forraign coynes presently currant while our proper coyn of this Kingdom is so small and so much exported because of its fineness And finding it the better way to keep out course forraign coyn by allowing the said finer forraign Coyn to be currant And considering that the foresaids species of money are the Coyn of these places with which this Kingdom hath most considerable Trade and will be a great mean to inable Merchants to return money for the export of this Kingdom Whereas if the Coyn of these places be not currant here their Ships must return light or loaden with forraign Commodities of lesse use for this Kingdom to ballance their whole expert Have thought fit with advice of Our Privy Council to declare and ordain and by the Tenour hereof do declare and ordain That the particular species of Forraign Coyn above and after mentioned shal have course within this Kingdom at the rates following viz. The Spanish and Dutch Duccatoon to passe currant amongst all Our subjects for three pounds ten shillings scots The Spanish Milrynd for two pounds seventeen shillings scots And the French Crown for two pounds sixteen shillings And also We considering that there hath been an Surcease and long time since the coyning of any Gold in this Kingdom and that the species of all Old Gold is transported and little Forraign Gold imported And for the further incouragement of the Merchants in this Kingdom concerned in the Spanish and Dutch Trades to make the Returns of their yearly Export and Effects in such species of Gold Coynes as these Countreys do afford Do hereby also with Advice foresaid Ordain and Declare the Quadruple Spanish Pistol or piece of eight of Gold to have course amongst our Subjects of this Kingdom at the rate of fourty two pounds scots the piece the same being of usual weight of twenty one Deniers And also the smaller species of the said Gold Pistol down-ward to pass at the saids Rates proportionally As likewise the Hungary Dutch and Fleemish Duccat of Gold weighing two Deniers fifteen Grains to passe and have course for five pounds twelve shillings scots The same being of the said weight And to the effect all Our Leiges may have notice hereof Our Will is and We charge you strictly and command that incontinent these Our Letters seen ye pass to the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh and other places needful and thereat in Our Name and Authority by open Proclamation make Publication of the Premisses Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the twenty seventh day of February and of Our Reign the twenty ninth year 1677. Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii Al. Gibson Cl. S ti Concilii GOD Save the King Edinburgh Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to his most Sacred Majesty Anno Dom. 1677.