COINS, Foreign, American Equivalent of. As the monetary value of national coins is subject to frequent change, it is impossible to prepare . a statement which would correctly specify the value of any particular coin at any future time. As such changes are correspond ingly slight, however, the following list of the coins of all nations will always be comparatively correct, the values in the moneys of account of the United States having been corrected by the director of the mint, United States Treasury Department : Argentine Reirublve. Gold coins: argentine ($4.824) and half argentine; silver coins: gold:peso ($0.965) and its divisions: paper peso ($0.4245).
A astria-Hungary. By a law passed 2 April 1892, the monetary system of Austria-Hungary was reformed on a gold with the crown ($0.203) as a unit. The coins under the old system are still in circulation, however. They are, gold: eight florins ($3.858), 4 florins, ducat ($2.287), and 4 ducats; silver: florin ($0.5052) and 2 florins. The coins under the new system are, gold: the 100 crown piece ($20.20), 20 crowns (f4.052), 10 crowns ($2.03); silver: five crowns ($1.01); 2 crowns ($0.406) 1 crown ($0.203); nickel: twenty !sellers ($0.0405) and 10 hellers; bronze: two hellers, or 1 krentzer ($0.0040), and 1 Keller.
Belgium. Belgium being a member of the Latin Union, its monetary unit is the franc ($0.193), and its coins the gold 10 and 20 franc pieces and the silver 5 francs.
Bolivia. The bohviano ($0.3893) is the theoretical unit of Bolivia. In 1906 a monetary law was passed providing for the adoption of a gold standard. The unit of account is the gold peso of one-fifth of a pound sterling ($0.97). Its coins, silver, are the boliviano, the 50. 20, and copper 10 and 5 centavo ($0.0211) pieces.
Brazil. The milreis ($0.546) is the monetary unit of Brazil. Its gold coins are 5, 10 and 20 milreis pieces; its silver coins. 4.1 and 2 milreis; nickel 1/10, 1 /Sand 2/5 milreis.
Bulgaria. The monetary unit is the lev ($0.185) which is supposed to correspond to the franc of other double stand ard countries. In fact, but few Bulgarian gold coins are in
the necessary gold coins being supplied by foreign 10 and 20 franc pieces. The silver coins are the, 1, 2 and 5 leva pieces; the nickel coins are the 24. 5, 10 and 20 atotinki ($0.0385), and there are copper coins of 1, 2, 5 and 10 stotinki.
gold dollar ($1) is the monetary unit. The silver coins are the SO, 25, 10 and S cent pieces. Penny (2 cents) and half are in circulation.
Chile. The value of the peso, the monetary unit, is ($0.365). The gold coins of the country are the escud.. 41.825). doubloon ($3.65), and the condor ($7.30). The peso and its divisions are coined in silver.
China.- The monetary system of China is in an ex tremely chaotic condition. The unit and sole official coinage is the copper cash, 11 of which are equal to one cent. The silver tael, or liang, varies in value in different parts of the country. as follows! In Hongkong and Labuan, the "British Dollar" has the same legal value as the Mexican' dollar.
Colombia.- The gold dollar ($1) is the monetary unit. Other gold coins are the condor ($9.647) and the double condor, and 21 and 5 peso pieces. The silver peso ($0.9352) and its divisions are coined.
Costa Rica.- The gold oolon ($0.465) is the unit of the country. Two, 5, 10 and 20 colon pieces are coined in gold; 5, 10 25 and SO ccntimos ($0.2326) pieces in silver. Foreign gold is legal. but not foreign silver.
Cuba.- By a law of 1914 a new coinage issue was author ised; this includes a gold peso as the ntonetary unit. Gold coins are the 20, 10, 5, 4, 2 and 1 ,peso pieces; the 20. 10 and 5 peso pieces are of the same weight and value as the cor responding United States gold coins. Silver is coined in pieces of 1 peso. 40 cents. 20 cents and 10 cents_ , while nickel coins of 5, 2 and 1 cent pieces are issued. United States coinage is legal tender.
Denmark.- The monetary unit is the crown ($0.268) and Fold 10 and 20 crown pieces are coined. The minor coinage, ut silver and bronze, ts represented by the 50 ore ($0.1247) and its divisions.