Act anent the half ducatdouns and old Scots merk-pieces. July 25. 1695. Scotland. Privy Council. 1695 Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B05300 Wing S1396 ESTC R182972 52528897 ocm 52528897 178917 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B05300) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 178917) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2774:56) Act anent the half ducatdouns and old Scots merk-pieces. July 25. 1695. Scotland. Privy Council. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by the heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, Printer to his most excellent Majesty, Edinburgh : 1695. Caption title. Initial letter. Signed: Gilb. Eliot. Cls. Sti. Concilii. Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. EEBO-TCP is a partnership between the Universities of Michigan and Oxford and the publisher ProQuest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by ProQuest via their Early English Books Online (EEBO) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). 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Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Coinage -- Law and legislation -- Scotland -- Early works to 1800. Finance, Public -- Law and legislation -- Scotland -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century. 2008-10 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-12 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-01 Megan Marion Sampled and proofread 2009-01 Megan Marion Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion ACT Anent the Half Ducatdouns and Old Scots Merk-pieces . July 25. 1695. FORASMVCH as , by a Proclamation of the Date the twelfth Day of July Currant ; the Rate of the Ducatdouns was Raised to Three Pound Fourteen shilling , and the Scots Four Merk-piece , and sundry other Species of Money , with their Halfs and Quarters Proportionally , were Declared and Ordained to be Currant at the Rates therein-mentioned , and all Persons obliged to Receive the same in all Payments whatsomever , at the said Value , as the Currant Coyn of this Kingdom ; And seing sundry of His Majesties Leidges , either through Ignorance , or Mistake , do scruple and demur to receive the Half Ducatdouns at the proportional Value foresaid ; and the old Scots Merk-pieces at the Value and Rate of the Quarter-pieces of the Scots four Merk-piece , whereby many of the Meaner sort of People are thereby Prejudged : And the Obedience due to His Majesties Commands and Intention , for having the said old Merks Currant , at the Rate and Value of the Quarter-pieces of the said four Merk neglected : Therefore the Lords of His Majesties Privy Council , Declare the half Ducatdouns to be Currant at the Value of One Pound seventeen shilling Scots ; & the old Scots Merks , to be Currant at the Value of the Quarter of the Scots four Merk-pieces ; and Ordains the same to be Received in all payments accordingly , & that Conform to the foresaid Proclamation in all Points . And Ordains thir Presents to be Printed and Published at the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh , and other places needfull . GILB . ELIOT . Cls. Sti. Concilii . GOD save the King. Edinburgh , Printed by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson , Printer to His most Excellent Majesty , 1695.