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Currency Exchange Rate in 1799: Holland and ZealandAmsterdam, Rotterdam, Middleburg, Flushing, etc.
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| Coin | Equivalent | £ |
Shillings
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Pence
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| Pening | - | 0 |
0
|
29/320
|
| Grote (Note 1) | 8 Peningens | 0 |
0
|
1/40
|
| Stiver | 2 Grotes | 0 |
0
|
1/20
|
| Scalin | 6 Stivers | 0 |
6
|
2/10
|
| Guilder | 20 Stivers | 0 |
1
|
9
|
| Rix-Dollar | 2 Florins and 10 Stivers | 0 |
4
|
6
|
| Dry Guilder | 60 Stivers | 0 |
5
|
4 3/4
|
| Silver Ducattoon | 3 Florins and 3 Stivers | 0 |
5
|
8 4/15
|
| Flemish Pound (Note 1) | 6 Guilders | 0 |
10
|
6
|
| Gold Ducat | 20 Florins | 1 |
16
|
0
|
| Gold Ducatoon | 20 Florins | 1 |
16
|
0
|
| Sovereign (Note 2) | 15 Florins | 1 |
7
|
0
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Notes:
1. Imaginary money use in accounting, signifying a fictitious piece which did not exist, but was used to represent other pieces.
2. Was also called a Ducatoon.
Source:
Guthrie, William. A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar and Present State of the several Kingdoms of the World. Montrose, 1799. P. 1033
Placed on the Napoleon Series: July 2004
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