. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . Farthing, @ ^ pence, @ 1 penny. Moreover no one was compelled to take above six pounds of yesaid Copper Coyne in one payment. In the general free Assembly held at Burling-ton, November 21-28, 1681, Chapter XXVI of ageneral act provided that an Old England shillingshould pass at eighteen pence and other coin pro-portionately, while a New England shilling waslegalized at fourteen pence and lesser denomina-tions in a like ratio. This act was made void afterMay 18, 1682, by the Assembly of the latter two
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . Farthing, @ ^ pence, @ 1 penny. Moreover no one was compelled to take above six pounds of yesaid Copper Coyne in one payment. In the general free Assembly held at Burling-ton, November 21-28, 1681, Chapter XXVI of ageneral act provided that an Old England shillingshould pass at eighteen pence and other coin pro-portionately, while a New England shilling waslegalized at fourteen pence and lesser denomina-tions in a like ratio. This act was made void afterMay 18, 1682, by the Assembly of the latter two years after, or in 1684, it was orderedthat three farthings of the Kings Coin shall beaccounted and go current for one penny withinthis Province, and so proportionately to greatersums; provided none shall be constrained to takemore than five shillings thereof at one payment. In 1693 was passed an act by the West JerseyLegislature regulating the rates of coins, conform-ing the same to the current rates in Spanish influence appears, as in East Jersey^. IILLING : GEORGE II 246 NEW JERSEY AS A COL in the mention of pillar, Mexico, and Sivil piecesof eight, ryalls or bits, dog dollars, Perupieces of eight, and Peru ryalls. No French coinsare named. It was, moreover, provided that allperson and persons whatsoever resident in thisProvince, or that shall come from remote parts totrade amongst us, shall and are hereby obliged toreceive and pay the same according to the valuesspecified in the act, except they plainly bargainto the contrary. In May, 1682, an attempt was made by the Leg-islature to secure for West Jersey a separate coin-age, and there appears to the world Mark Newbie,a member of the Society of Friends and one of theearliest settlers of the site of Gloucester. The ne-cessity for a coin of small denomination was se-verely felt, and Newbie, who evidently had in hispossession a quantity of copper coins, was em-powered to supply the demand. The act provides: T
Size: 1341px × 1862px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorleefranc, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookyear1902
