FRANCE.
In France during this same period the ratio of gold to silver was changed in a single century more than a hundred and fifty times, and with a roughness that is quite inconceivable to the modern mind. To take a period of ten years for example:—
| In | 1303 | the ratio was | 10.26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| " | 1305 | " | 15.90 |
| " | 1308 | " | 14.46 |
| " | 1310 | " | 15.64 |
| " | 1311 | " | 19.55 |
| " | 1313 | " | 14.37 |