Currency Exchange Rate in 1799: Franconia

Frankfurt, Nuremburg, Dettingen, etc.

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

Coin	Equivalent	£	Shillings	Pence
Fening	-	0	0	7/64
Cruitzer	4 Fenings	0	0	7/16
Keyser Grosh	3 Cruitzers	0	0	1 5/16
Batzen	4 Cruitzers	0	0	1 11/16
Ort Gold	15 Cruitzers	0	0	7
Gould	60 Cruitzers	0	2	4
Rix-Dollar (Note 1)	90 Cruitzers	0	3	6
Hard-Dollar	2 Goulds	0	4	8
Ducat	240 Cruitzers	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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