| 单词 | proclamation money |
| 释义 | > as lemmasproclamation money proclamation money n. U.S. (now historical) coin valued according to a royal proclamation of 1704, according to which the Spanish dollar of 17½ pennyweight was to be rated at six shillings in all the colonies. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > colonial coins proclamation money1716 sou markeea1722 portcullis money1745 proc1755 portcullis coin1784 1716 in New Jersey Archives 1st Ser. IV. 271 Annuall payment..must not be paid in bills but in current silver money of the easterne divesion, or proclamation money. 1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 86/1 The general assembly..hath passed a bill for emitting 60,000l. proclamation money, in paper bills of credit. 1896 H. White Money & Banking 15–16 Six shillings was considered by the home government a fair average of the various colonial valuations of the Spanish dollar. This valuation came to be known by the term proclamation money, or proc. money. 1982 William & Mary Q. 39 610 By comparison, the proprietors spent £295, proclamation money, on the printing expenses alone of the Elizabeth-Town Bill in Chancery. 2003 Policy Rev. Dec. 70 Colonial sterling existed in two forms: 1) ‘proclamation money’..and 2) ‘current money’. < as lemmas |
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