\"Togetoutofpeople’ssightatleast,\"continueshe,\"Idecidedtoleavemynativeplace,andgotoBerlin,\"250milesawayormore。\"Andsoitwasthat,onJunethe20th,1750,IlandedatBerlinforthefirsttime:andherestraightwayatthePACKHOF(orCustom—house),insearchingofmythings,400THALERS(some60
pounds),allinNurnbergBATZEN,wereseizedfromme;\"——BATZEN,quarter—groatswemaysay;7andahalfbatzengotoashilling;
whatasacktheremusthavebeenofthem,9,000inall,aboutthesizeofherring—scales,inbadsilver;fruitofLinsenbarth’ssternthriftfrombirthupwards:——allsnatchedfromhimatoneswoop。
\"Andwhy?\"sayshe,quitehistorically:Yes,Why?Thereader,tounderstanditwholly,wouldneedtoreadinMylius’s
Edicten—Sammlung,inSEYFARTHandelsewhere;[Mylius,Edictxli。,January,1744,&c。&c。]andtoknowthescandalousconditionofGermancoinageatthistimeandlongafter;everyneedylittlePotentatemixinghiscoinwithcopperatdiscretion,andswindlingmankindwithitforaseason;