of 1 florin 19 stivers in 1522, when an attempt was made to reduce it to 1 florin 15 1⁄2 stivers again. From 1522 to 1548 no further advance, but retrogression rather is quoted thus:—
| Date. | Florin. | Stivers. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1519 | French Crown quoted at | 1 | 15 1 ⁄ 2 | |
| 1522 | " | 1 | 19 | |
| 1526 | " | (Real) | 1 | 19 |
| " | (Attempted) | 1 | 15 1 ⁄ 2 | |
| 1539 | " | (Real) | 1 | 17 |
| " | (Attempted) | 1 | 15 | |
| 1548 | " | 1 | 17 | |
| 1552 | " | 1 | 19 |
This general conclusion will be found quite Page 67 invariably illustrated in the tables of Netherland coins (below).
With regard to the annual average production of the metal, there is perceptible a slight movement towards the depreciation of silver or in favour of gold. This might naturally be expected to express itself in a somewhat higher ratio. But the differentiation is so slight as hardly thus to indicate itself, and certainly not consistently, so