Currency Exchange Rate in 1799: Barbary

Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, Una, etc.

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

Coin	Equivalent	£	Shillings	Pence
Asper	-	0	0	1/9
Medin	3 Aspers	0	0	1/3
Rial old Plate	10 Aspers	0	0	6 1/2
Double	2 Rials	0	1	1 1/9
Dollar	4 Doubles	0	4	6
Silver Chequin	24 Medins	0	3	4
Dollar	30 Medins	0	4	6
Zequin	180 Aspers	0	8	10
Pistole	15 Doubles	0	16	9

Source:

Guthrie, William. A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar and Present State of the several Kingdoms of the World. Montrose, 1799. P. 1045

Placed on the Napoleon Series: July 2004

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