The Swedish settlements on the Delaware, their history and relation to the Indians, Dutch and English, 1638-1664, with an account of the South, the New Sweden, and the American companies, and the efforts of Sweden to regain their colony . Ore, 163S. Commerce and Trade. 41 The money used in the business transactions of the company(and in Sweden in general at the time) was the Riksdaler( rixdollar), the Daler (D.) and the Florijn {ft. florin)or Gulden (gl. guilder, sometimes gold-gulden).^^ The Riks-daler was divided into 48 skilling (shillings) and a skilling into4 styfver^^ (Dutch stuiver)

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The Swedish settlements on the Delaware, their history and relation to the Indians, Dutch and English, 1638-1664, with an account of the South, the New Sweden, and the American companies, and the efforts of Sweden to regain their colony . Ore, 163S. Commerce and Trade. 41 The money used in the business transactions of the company(and in Sweden in general at the time) was the Riksdaler( rixdollar), the Daler (D.) and the Florijn {ft. florin)or Gulden (gl. guilder, sometimes gold-gulden).^^ The Riks-daler was divided into 48 skilling (shillings) and a skilling into4 styfver^^ (Dutch stuiver). The Daler was divided into 32 ore,the ore being further divided. The (Dutch) Florijn so largelyused as a standard of value in the colony and in hiring sailorsfor the expeditions in Sweden or Holland was divided into 20stuivers (penny). A stuiver was worth about, or little morethan, 2 cents. Hence a Florijn would be worth from 40 to 45cents or, in round numbers, half a dollar of our money. ASwedish Riksdaler was worth 2>^ Florijn, varying some-what at times, and a Daler was valued at ^ Riksdaler, thatis a Riksdaler was one and a half Daler^^ Hence a Riks-daler equalled about $ or $ of American money, and aDaler was wor

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