Currency Exchange Rate in 1799: Berne

Lucerne, Neufchatel, etc.

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

Coin	Equivalent	£	Shillings	Pence
Denier	-	0	0	3/16
Cruitzer	4 Deniers	0	0	3/8
Sol (Note 1)	3 Cruitzers	0	0	1 1/8
Plapert	4 Cruitzers	0	0	1 1/2
Gros	5 Cruitzers	0	0	2
Batzen	6 Cruitzers	0	0	2
Livre (Note 1)	20 Sols	0	2	0
Gulden	75 Cruitzers	0	2	6
Rix-dollar (Note 1)	135 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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