From Benjamin Franklin: German Money (unpublished)

In Germany one has Two kinds of Groshens in all Saxony one part of Prushia Talda & Hessia one Rixdollar has 24 goode Groshen.in all Hamover, Brunswinck Vestphalie &c & the Rixdollar has 36 marrien groshen. The pound Sterling is Commonly bought & Sold for 5 Rixdollars 22 goode Groshen. or 5 Rixdolla[rs] 33 Marrien Groshen. both prices are one eaqualls If you take the above Cours of the Exchange the Rixdollar is Commonly 3 shilling or 2 pence. & allmost only 3 shillings. who ever reckens the Rixdollar higher on will make to much profit. The Signoteurs in Marckd accounts are

for Rixdollars — for goode Groshen. for Marrien Groshen
[Rdllr?] or rd ggr or [gf? — Mgrf. or [gf.?]

for Frankforth & on the Rhein They account by [Galden?]. which stood thus: 1 Guinea makes 11 gulden one [Galden?] Frankforths has 60 Kro’atzers The Signotor is [fr.?] or X for [galden?]. & X for Kro’atzers The goods in Germany have 24 inches & 1 [dagl?] has 32 inches. that is the proportion.

[in the BF’s hand:] The Ducat of Holland vaut trois Rixdaler en argent courant de Prusse, 5 florins en Bank d’Amsterdam, 2 Eceus de Banque à Hambourg, 10 shelings — pens de Londres, onze livres 5 fols de France (on reversal calculations in BF’s hand)
Endorsed: German Money
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