Currency Exchange Rate in 1799: Norway

Bergen, Trondheim, etc.

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

Coin	Equivalent	£	Shillings	Pence
Skilling	-	0	0	3/16
Druggen	6 Skillings	0	0	3 1/2
Marc (Note 1)	16 Skillings	0	0	9
Rix-marc	20 Skillings	0	0	11 1/4
Rix-ort	24 Skillings	0	1	1 1/2
Crown	4 Marcs	0	3	0
Rix-Dollar	6 Marcs	0	4	6
Ducat	11 Marcs	0	8	3
Hatt Ducat	14 Marcs	0	10	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. 1036

Placed on the Napoleon Series: July 2004

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