Currency Exchange Rate in 1799: Geneva

Geneva, Pekay, Bonne, etc.

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

Coin	Equivalent	£	Shillings	Pence
Denier	-	0	0	1/32
Denier Current	2 Deniers	0	0	1/16
Small Sol	12 Deniers	0	0	3/8
Sol Current	12 Deniers Currents	0	0	3/4
Florin (Note 1)	12 Small Sols	0	0	4 3/4
Livre Current (Note 1)	20 Sols Current	0	1	3
Patacoon	10 1/2 Florins	0	3	11 1/4
Croisade	15 3/4 Florins	0	5	10 3/4
Ducat	24 Florins	0	9	0

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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