17/26 The _stolta_, again, is about 600 yards square, or 360,000 square yards, 144 times the _stalta_. The highest note, so to speak, in circulation represents this last area; but all calculations are made in _staltau_, or twelfths thereof. The _stalta_ will purchase about six ounces of gold. Notes are issued for the third, fourth, and twelfth parts of this: values smaller than the latter are represented by a token coinage of square medals composed of an alloy in which gold and silver respectively are the principal elements. The lowest coin is worth about threepence of English money. |