Currency Exchange Rate in 1799: St. Gall

Appensal, etc.

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

Coin	Equivalent	£	Shillings	Pence
Heller	-	0	0	1/16
Fening	2 Hellers	0	0	1/8
Cruitzer	4 Fenings	0	0	1/4
Sol (Note 1)	12 Fenings	0	0	1 1/2
Coarse Batzen	4 Cruitzers	0	0	2
Good Batzen	5 Cruitzers	0	0	2 1/4
Livre (Note 1)	20 Sols	0	2	6
Gulden	60 Cruitzers	0	2	6
Rix-dollar	102 Cruitzers	0	4	3

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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