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B05559 Proclamation discharging all English unmilln'd-money to pass, except by weight, and allowing and crying-up the English milln'd crown to three pound five shilling, with it's fractions proportionally. Scotland. Privy Council.; Scotland. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William II) 1697 (1697) Wing S1740; ESTC R183434 1,070 1

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