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Jn account of the Money of Asia. Part H.
land married the Princefs of Portugal, who had iii part of her Porti^Tth^
nious Port of Bomheye, where the Englifh are very hard at work to build a ftron?
Fdrt, they coin both Silver^ Copper and Tinn. But that Money will not go
at Surat, nor in any part of the Great Mogul's Dominions, or in any of the
Territories of the Indian Kings * only it pafles among the Engltjh in their Fort
and fome two or three Leagues up in the Country, and in the Villages along the
Coaft* the Country people that bring them their Wares, being glad to take
that Money 5 otherwife they would fee but very little ftirnng, in regard the Coun
try is very poor, and the people have nothing to fell but uiqua vita, made of
Coco-Wine and Rice.
fig. 3 and 4. is the Gold Money which the Hollanders coin at Belie ate, which
is a Fort that they polfefs upon the Coaft of Coromandel. Thofe pieces are alfo
call’d Pagods, and are of the fame weight with the others ; but for the good-
nefs, I think they are better by two or three in the hundred, than thofe of the
Kings and Rajas of the Country, or which the Engltfi make. I made thisob-
fervation, being at the Diamond-Mines, and in other parts of the Indies where
there is any great Trade. For the firfl thing they ask you is, Whether you
have any Pagods of Belicate } and if you have, you fpeed much better in your
tufinefs.
Eig. 5, and <5. is a Roupy of Silver, which the Hollanders coin at Belicate, be
ing of the fame weight with thofe which the Great or the Kings oiGohn-
da and nfafour make. It has in the middle upon one fide the mark of the Holland
Company, to diftinguifh it from others. The Hollanders Roupies of Silver are
quite contrary to their Pagods of Gold, which are more elleemed by the Indians
than thofe of the Princes of the Country. For they make far lefs account of thefe
Roupies of Silver *, and if you pay any great fum in thefe pieces, though the Sil
ver be as good as the others, you muft lofeone half $e r Cent.
Fig. 7, and 8. is the Hollanders fmall Copper-Money, wherewith they ordina
rily pay their Soldiers. It has upon one lide the mark of the Company. And
indeed the Hollanders, who mind nothing but their profit, had great reafon to
obtain leave to coin Money , for bringing only Gold from fafan, from Macajfar
only Gold in Powder, and from China Gold in Ingots, and felling all thefe to the
Bankers, they found that they loft five or fix per Cent, which proceeded from
the miftruft of the Changers, and the chief of the Fadories belonging to the
Company. Now they fhun that lofs, and make the fame profit which the Bank
ers did, coining all thefe Mettals into money.' Though in every Voyage which
they make to Japan, they generally lofe one Veflel by ftorm; yet fome years they
make five or fix Millions of Livres profit, all freights difeharged, and ha
zards efcaped. But that profit is quite loft, fince their lofs of the Wand of
Formofa.
The Money of the King of Cheda and Pera.
T His Money is of Tin, and is coin’d by the King of Cheda and Vera. He
coins no other Money than Tin .Some yearsfince he found out feveral Mines,
which was a great prejudice to the Englijh. For the Hollanders and other Met'
chants buy it, and vend it over all Hfia. Formerly the Englijh brought it out
of England, and furnifhed great part of Afia, where they confum’d a vail quafl*
tity j they carried it alfo into all the Territories of the Great Mogul , as
alfo into Berfia ant 'abio -, for all their Difhes are of Copper, which they caufe
to be Tinned over every month. Among the meaner fort of people, there is lit
tle to befeen but this Tin-money, and the Shells call’d Cori ; which I havefpoken
Of already. , f
Fig. 1, and 2. is that great piece of Tin, which weighs an ounce and a hair,
and in that Country goes for the Value of two of our Sous. But in regard
that Tin is there at 14 Sous a pound, it is not worth above one Sous and
^ , three