Currency Exchange Rate in 1799: Venice

Venice, Bergham, etc.

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

Coin	Equivalent	£	Shillings	Pence
Picoli	-	0	0	1/36
Soldi	12 Picoli	0	0	1/3
Gros (Note 1)	6 1/2 Soldi	0	0	2 1/6
Jule	18 Soldi	0	0	6
Lire (Note 1)	20 Soldi	0	0	6 2/3
Testoon	3 Jules	0	1	6
Ducat current	124 Soldi	0	3	5
Ducat of Exchange (Note 1)	24 Gros	0	4	0
Chequin	17 Lires	0	9	2

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. 1041

Placed on the Napoleon Series: July 2004

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