Currency Exchange Rate in 1799: Portugal

Lisbon, Oporto, etc.

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

Coin	Equivalent	£	Shillings	Pence
Re	-	0	0	28/400
Half Vintin	10 Rez	0	0	14/40
Vintin	20 Rez	0	0	7/20
Testoon	5 Vintins	0	0	6 1/4
Crusade of Exchange	4 Testoons	0	2	3
New Crusade	24 Vintins	0	2	8 2/5
Milre (Note 1)	10 Testoons	0	5	7 1/2
Moidore	48 Testoons	1	7	0
Joanese	64 Testoons	1	16	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. 1038

Placed on the Napoleon Series: July 2004

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