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A TABLE of INTEREST at 7 per CENT. 
2 Mon.|4 Mon.|6 Mon.|A Year. |[[Column rotated counterclockwise]]
[[Contents of rotated column]]The Use of this TABLE –If you would like to know what
the Interest of 30 Pounds is for six Months, find 30
among Tens of Pounds, and right opposite it, under 6 Mon.
stands £. 1 1 0.
Pounds|s.d.q.|s.d.q.|s.d.q.|s.d.q.|
1| 0 2 3 | 0 5 2 | 0 8 1 | 1 4 3|
2 | 0 5 2 | 0 11 0 | 1 4 3 | 2 9 2 |
3 | 0 8 1 | 1 4 3 | 2 1 0 | 4 2 1 |
4 | 0 11 0 | 1 10 4 | 2 9 2 | 5 7 0 |
5 | 1 2 0 | 2 4 0 | 3 6 0 | 7 0 0 |
6 | 1 4 3 | 2 9 2 | 4 2 1 | 8 4 2 |
7 | 1 7 2 | 3 30 | 4 10 2 | 9 9 1 |
8 | 1 10 0 | 3 8 0 | 5 7 0 | 11 2 0 |
9 | 2 1 0 | 4 2 1 | 6 3 2 | 12 7 1 |
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Tens of Pounds|l. s. d.|l. s. d.|l. s. d.|l. s. d.|
10 | 0 2 4 | 0 4 8 | 0 7 0 | 0 14 0 |
20 | 0 4 8 | 0 9 4 | 0 14 0 | 1 8 0 |
30 | 0 7 0 | 0 14 0 | 1 1 0 | 2 2 0 |
40 | 0 9 4 | 0 18 8 | 1 8 0 | 2 16 0 |
50 | 0 11 8 | 1 3 4 | 1 15 0 | 3 10 0 |
60 | 0 14 0 | 1 8 0 | 2 20 | 4 40 |
70 | 0 16 4 | 1 12 8 | 2 9 0 | 4 18 0 |
80 | 0 18 8 | 1 17 4 | 2 16 0 | 5 12 0 |
90 | 1 1 0 | 2 2 0 | 3 3 0 | 6 6 0 |
100 | 1 3 4 | 2 6 3 | 3 10 0 | 7 0 0 |
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The Scale of Depreciation, for the Settlement of Debts, as established by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania.1777.
Janua. 1 1/2
Febru. 1 1/2
March 2
April 2 1/2
May 2 1/2
May 2 1/2
June 2 1/2
July 3
August 3
Sept. 3
Octob. 3
Novem. 3
Decem. 4
1778.
January 4
Febru. 5
March 5
April 6
May 5
June 4
July 4
August 5
Sept. 5
Octob. 5
Nov. 6
Dec. 6
1779.
Janu. 8
Febru. 10
Mar. 10 1/2
April 17
May 24
June 20
July 19
Aug. 20
Sept. 24
Octo. 30
Nov. 38 1/2
Dec. 41 1/2

1780.
Janu. 40 1/2
Febr. 47 1/2
Mar. 61 1/2
April 61 1/2
May 59
June 61 1/2
July 64 1/2
Aug. 70
Sept. 72
Octo 73
Nov. 74
Dec. 75

1781.
Janu. 75
Febr. 75

In 1781, the depreciation was fixed at 75, till the month of May, when the continental money ceased to circulate.