Currency Exchange Rate in 1799: Prussia (Brandenburg and Pomerania)

Currency Exchange Rate in 1799: Prussia (Brandenburg and Pommerania)

Berlin, Potsdam, Stetin, etc.

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

Coin	Equivalent	£	Shillings	Pence
Denier (Note 1)	-	0	0	7/270
Polchen	9 Deniers	0	0	7/30
Grosh	18 Deniers	0	0	7/15
Abrass	3 Polchens	0	0	7/10
Marc (Note 1)	20 Groshen	0	0	9 1/5
Florin	30 Groshen	0	1	2
Rix-Dollar (Note 1)	90 Groshen	0	3	6
Albertus	108 Groshen	0	4	2
Ducat	8 Florins	0	9	4

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. 1034

Placed on the Napoleon Series: July 2004

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