Currency Exchange Rate in 1799: Russia and Muscovy

Petersburg, Archangel, Moscow, etc.

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

Coin	Equivalent	£	Shillings	Pence
Polusa	-	0	0	27/200
Denusea	2 Polusas	0	0	27/100
Copec (Note 1)	2 Denuseas	0	0	27/50
Altin	2 Copecs	0	0	1 4/50
Grievener	10 Copecs	0	0	5 1/2
Polpotin	25 Copecs	0	1	1 1/2
Polltin	50 Copecs	0	2	3
Ruble	100 Copecs	0	4	6
Xervonitz	2 Rubles	0	9	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. 1036

Placed on the Napoleon Series: July 2004

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