Barbery COINAGE, particularly that of Fez and Tunis, is under no proper regulations, as every goldsmith, Jew, or even private person, undertakes it at pleasure.
Russian COINAGE. In Russia there is no other coin struck but silver, and that only in the cities of Moscow, Novgorod, Tvere, and Pleskow, to which may be added Petersburg. The coinage of each of these cities is let out to farm, and makes part of the royal revenue.
Persian COINAGE. All the money made in Persia is struck with a hammer, as is that of the rest of Asia; and the same may be understood of America, and the coasts of Africa, and even Muscovy: the king's duty, in Persia, is seven and a half per cent. for all the monies coined, which are lately reduced to silver and copper, there being no gold coin there except a kind of medals, at the accession of a new sopher.
Spanish COINAGE is esteemed one of the least perfect in Europe. It is settled at Seville and Segovia, the only cities where gold and silver are struck.