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The Writer's Desk Book / Being a Reference Volume upon Questions of Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling, Division of Words, Indention, Spacing, Italics, Abbreviations, Accents, Numerals, Faulty Diction, Letter Writing, Postal Regulations, Etc.

Chapter 101: FOREIGN COINS
By William Dana Orcutt
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This reference guides writers, editors, and printers through practical rules and examples for punctuation (comma, semicolon, colon, period, dash, quotation marks, parentheses, apostrophe), capitalization, spelling and variant forms, compound words, word division, indention and paragraphing, spacing and italics, abbreviations, numerals, faulty diction, letter writing, and postal regulations. Each section offers definitions, usage guidelines, and illustrative examples, with appendices on standard time, weights and measures, and foreign coin values, designed as a compact desk companion for drafting, editing, and preparing printed correspondence.

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FOREIGN COINS

WITH THEIR VALUE IN UNITED STATES MONEY AS PROCLAIMED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY 1 OCTOBER, 1910
Country Standard Monetary Unit Val. in terms of U.S. gold dollar Coins
Argentine Republic Gold Peso $0.965 Gold — argentine ($4.824) and 1⁄2 argentine. Silver — peso and divisions
Austria-Hungary Gold Crown   .203 Gold — 10 and 20 crowns. Silver — 1 and 5 crowns
Belgium Gold Franc   .193 Gold — 10 and 20 francs. Silver — 5 francs
Bolivia Silver Boliviano   .389 Silver boliviano and divisions
Brazil Gold Milreis   .546 Gold — 5, 10, 20 milreis. Silver — 1⁄2, 1, 2 milreis
British Honduras Gold Dollar  1.000
Canada (except Nfd.) Gold Dollar  1.000
Cent. Amer. States —
Costa Rica Gold Colon   .465 Gold — 2, 5, 10, and 20 colons ($9.307). Silver — 5, 10, 25, and 50 centimos
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, & Salvador Silver Peso   .391 Silver — peso and divisions
Chili Gold Peso   .365 Gold — escudo ($1.825), doubloon ($3.650), and condor ($7.300). Silver — peso and divisions
China Silver [29]Tael:
Canton   .612
Haikwan   .652
Hongkong   .421
Dol-
lar		 British $0.421
Mexican   .424
Colombia Gold Dollar  1.000 Gold — condor ($9.647); d’ble-condor. Silver — peso
Denmark Gold Crown   .268 Gold — 10 and 20 crowns
Ecuador Gold Sucre   .487 Gold — 10 sucres ($4.8665). Silver — sucre and div.
Egypt Gold Pound (100 piasters)  4.943 Gold — pound (100 piasters), 5, 10, 20, 50 piasters Silver — 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 piasters
Finland Gold Mark   .193 Gold — 20 marks ($3.859), 10 marks ($1.93)
France Gold Franc   .193 Gold — 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 francs. Silver — 5 francs
German Empire Gold Mark   .238 Gold — 5, 10, and 20 marks
Great Britain Gold Pound Sterling  4.866 1⁄2 Gold — sovereign (pound sterling), 1⁄2 sovereign
Greece Gold Drachma   .193 Gold — 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 drachmas. Sil. — 5 drachmas
Haiti Gold Gourde   .965 Gold — 1, 2, 5, 10 gourdes. Silver — gourde and div.
India (British) Gold Pound Sterling[30]  4.866 1⁄2 Gold — sovereign (pound sterling). Silver — rupee and divisions
Italy Gold Lira   .193 Gold — 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 lire. Silver — 5 lire
Japan Gold Yen   .498 Gold — 5, 10, and 20 yen. Silver — 10, 20, and 50 yen
Liberia Gold Dollar  1.000
Mexico Gold Peso[31]   .498 Gold — 5, 10 pesos. Silver — dollar (or peso) and div.
Nether-
lands		 Gold Florin   .402 Gold — 10 florins. Silver — 2 1⁄2. 1 florin and divisions
Newfound-
land		 Gold Dollar  1.014 Gold — 2 dollars ($2.028)
Norway Gold Crown   .268 Gold — 10 and 20 crowns
Panama Gold Balboa  1.000 Gold — 1, 2 1⁄2, 5, 10, 20 balboas. Silver — peso and div.
Persia Silver Kran   .072 Gold — 1⁄2, 1 and 2 tomans ($3.409). Silver — 1⁄4, 1⁄2, 1, 2, and 5 krans
Peru Gold Libra  4.866 1⁄2 Gold — 1⁄2 and 1 libra. Silver — sol and divisions
Philippine Islands Gold Peso   .500 Silver peso — 10, 20 and 50 centavos
Portugal Gold Milreis  1.080 Gold — 1, 2, 5 and 10 milreis
Russia Gold Ruble   .515 Gold — 5, 7 1⁄2, 10, and 15 rubles. Silver — 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 50, and 100 copeks
Spain Gold Peseta   .193 Gold — 25 pesetas. Silver — 5 pesetas
Straits Settlements Gold Pound Sterling[32]  4.866 1⁄2 Gold — sovereign (pound sterling). Sil. — dol. and div.
Sweden Gold Crown   .268 Gold — 10 and 20 crowns
Switzerland Gold Franc   .193 Gold — 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 francs. Silver — 5 francs
Turkey Gold Piaster   .044 Gold — 25, 50, 100, 250, and 500 piasters
Uruguay Gold Peso  1.034 Gold — peso. Silver — peso and divisions
Venezuela Gold Bolivar   .193 Gold — 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 bolivars. Silver — 5 bolivars

29 Amoy, .641; Cheefoo, .613; Chin Kiang, .626; Fuchau, .593; Hankau, .599; Kiaochu, .621; Nanking, .634; Newchang, .601; Ningpo, .616; Peking, .625; Shanghai, .585; Swatow, .592; Takau, .645; Tientsin, .621.

30 The sovereign is the standard coin of India, but the rupee ($0.3244 1⁄2) is the current coin, valued at 15 to the sovereign.

31 Seventy-five centigrams fine gold.

32 The current coin of the Straits Settlements is the silver dollar issue on government account and which has been given a tentative value of $0.567758 1⁄3.

NOTE. — The coins of silver-standard countries are valued by their pure silver contents at the average market price of silver for the three months preceding the date of this table. (Courtesy The World Almanac.)