Currency Exchange Rate in 1799: Bologna & Ravenna

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

Coin	Equivalent	£	Shillings	Pence
Quartini	-	0	0	3/20
Bayoc	6 Quartini	0	0	3/4
Julio	10 Bayocs	0	0	6
Lire (Note 1)	20 Bayocs	0	1	0
Testoon	3 Julios	0	1	6
Scudi of Exchange	85 Bayocs	0	4	3
Ducattoon	105 Bayocs	0	5	3
Crown	100 Bayocs	0	5	0
Pistole	31 Julios	0	15	6

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. 1040

Placed on the Napoleon Series: July 2004

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