Currency Exchange Rate in 1799: Basil

Zurich, Zug, etc.

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

Coin	Equivalent	£	Shillings	Pence
Rap	-	0	0	2/14
Fening	3 Rapen	0	0	1/4
Cruitzer	4 Fenings	0	0	1/2
Sol (Note 1)	12 Fenings	0	0	1 1/2
Coarse Batzen	15 Fenings	0	0	1 7/8
Good Batzen	18 Fenings	0	0	2 1/4
Livre (Note 1)	20 Sols	0	2	6
Gulden	50 Cruitzers	0	2	6
Rix-dollar	108 Cruitzers	0	4	6

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. 1037

Placed on the Napoleon Series: July 2004

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