Currency Exchange Rate in 1799: Hanover

Hanover, Lunenburg, Zell, etc.

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

Coin	Equivalent	£	Shillings	Pence
Fening	-	0	0	0
Dreyer	3 Fenings	0	0	0
Marien	8 Fenings	0	0	1
Grosh	12 Fenings	0	0	1 1/2
Half Gulden	8 Groshen	0	1	2
Gulden	16 Groshen	0	2	4
Rix-Dollar (Note 1)	24 Groshen	0	3	6
Double Gulden	32 Groshen	0	4	8
Ducat	4 Gulens	0	9	2

Notes:

1. A Rix-Dollar was 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. 1034

Placed on the Napoleon Series: July 2004

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