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Proclamation coins
Trading ships arriving with non-perishable goods expected payment in coinage, which forced the British government in 1800 to dispatch the Porpoise carrying approximately four tonnes of copper pennies. To ensure the newly arrived coins stayed in the colony, Governor King set an inflated value on them of two pennies per coin. King also set a value for the other coins that were circulating through the colony.
| £ | s. | d. | |
| A guinea | 1 | 2 | — |
| A Johanna | 4 | — | — |
| A half-Johanna | 2 | — | — |
| A ducat | — | 9 | 6 |
| A gold mohur | 1 | 17 | 6 |
| A pagoda | — | 8 | — |
| A Spanish dollar | — | 5 | — |
| A rupee | — | 2 | 6 |
| A Dutch guilder | — | 2 | — |
| An English shilling | — | 1 | 1 |
| A copper coin of one ounce | — | — | 2 |
