Currency Exchange Rate in 1799: Austria

Vienna, Trieste, etc.

Note: This table shows the exchange rate in English Pound Sterling.

Coin	Equivalent	£	Shillings	Pence
Fening	-	0	0	7/64
Dreyer	2 Fenings	0	0	7/32
Cruitzer	4 Fenings	0	0	7/16
Grosh	14 Fenings	0	0	1 17/32
Batzen	4 Cruitzers	0	0	1 3/4
Gould	15 Batzen	0	0	1
Rix-Dollar (Note 1)	90 Cruitzers	0	0	6
Speci-Dollar	2 Florins	0	4	6
Ducat	60 Batzen	0	9	4

Notes:

1. Imaginary money use in accounting, signifying a fictitious piece which did not exist, but was used to represent other pieces.

Source:

Guthrie, William. A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar and Present State of the several Kingdoms of the World. Montrose, 1799. P. 1035

Placed on the Napoleon Series: July 2004

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