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A49333	Lowndes, William, 1652-1724.	A report containing an essay for the amendment of the silver coins	1695.0		.xml	application/xml	27149	549	46	First , It is believed by some Authors , ( and not without Reason ) that in the most Ancient times , when Money was first Coined within this Island , it was made of * Pure Gold and Silver , like the Moneys now Currant in some other Nations , particularly in Hungary and Barbary , where they have Pieces of Gold called Ducats and Sultanesses ; and in the Kingdom of Industan , where they have Pieces of Silver called Rupees , which I have seen , and wherein ( as I am inform'd ) there is little or no Allay : And that afterwards it being found convenient in the Fabrication of the Moneys , to have a certain Quantity or Proportion of Baser Metal to be mixt with the Pure Gold and Silver , the Word Sterling was introduced , and hath ever since been used , to denote the certain Proportion or Degree of Fineness , which ought to be retained in the respective Coins composed of such mixture , as aforesaid . And it is freely submitted to Impartial Judgments , whether the propos'd Advance of Silver in the Coins can infer a Real Loss upon any Persons , other than such as can propose to themselves particularly the Receipt of Moneys in Weighty or Unclipt Pieces only , and the Conversion thereof to an Advantage , which Law or Reason would not allow them .	cache/A49333.xml	txt/A49333.txt
