Renaissance Currency

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English Money

1 pound / = 20 shillings

1 crown = 5 shillings

1 half-a-crown = 2 shillings, 6 pence

1 shilling / s. = 12 pence

1 penny / d. = 4 farthings

1 farthing

Moneda Espaola

1 Dubln = 2 Escudos = 800 Maraveds [doubloon]

1 Escudo = 400 Maraveds

1 Real de a Ocho / Peso / 8 R = 8 Reales (de Velln) [Spanish Dollar, pieces of eight]

1 Real de a Cuatro / Tostn / 4 R = 4 Reales (de Velln)

1 Real de a Dos / Peseta / 2 R = 2 Reales (de Velln)

1 Real de Plata = 51 Maraveds

1 Real (de Velln) / R = 34 Maraveds

1 Medio Real = 17 Maraveds

1 Maraved

Monnaie Franaise

1 Louis d'Or = 10-30 Livres

1 cu / Louis Blanc = 60 Sols 1 Livre/ Franc = 20 Sols

1 Sol Turnois = 12 Deniers [sols]

1 Denier


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Nederlands geld

1 gouden dukaat = 5 guldens, 5 stuyvers

1 gulden / f., fl., g. = 20 stuyvers

1 stuyver / st. = 16 penningen

1 penning / p.

Scots Money

1 dollar = 4 merks = 56 shillings

1 pound / = 20 shillings

1 merk = 14 shillings

1 half merk = 7 shillings

1 quarter merk = 3 shillings, 6 pence

1 shilling / s. = 12 pence

1 bawbee = 6 pence

1 turner or bodle = 2 pence

1 pence / d.

The orginal value of the merk minted in the reign of Charles II was 13s 4d; in 1681 it was raised to14s (the 4 merk piece rose accordingly from 53s 4d to 56s). Shillings circulated in coins of 5s, 10s,20s, 40s, and 60s. After the Act of Union, 1707, Scotland's real money and its money of account wereby law uniform with those of England.

Dansk Penge

1 rigsdaler = 6 marck = 96 skilling

1 marck = 16 skilling

1 skilling

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PoundSterling

SpanishReals

FrenchLivres

DutchGuilders

PortugueseReals

PoundScots

DanishRigsdaler

exchangesinto...

1/1 1900/51 40/3 100/9 3565/1 13/1 40/9 PoundSterling

51/1900 1/1 34/95 17/57 1244/13 663/1900 34/285 SpanishReals


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Swenska Pengar

1 Dukat = 2 Riksdaler

1 Riksdaler = 2 Daler Silfwermynt = 8 Mark Silfwermynt

1 Daler Silfwermynt / D S.M = 3 Daler Kopparmynt = 4 Mark Silfwermynt

1 Daler Kopparmynt / D K.M = 4 Mark Kopparmynt

1 Mark Sil fwermynt / M S.M = 3 Mark Kopparmynt = 8 re Silfwermynt 1 Mark Kopparmynt / M K.M = 2 2/3 re Silfwermynt = 5 1/3 re Koppar

1 re Silfwermynt = 2 re Kopparmynt

1 re Kopparmynt

Moneta Veneziana [Italy]

Gold

o 1 Zecchino = 400 Soldi

o 1 Scudo d'Oro = 380 Soldi

o 1 Ducat = 260 Soldi

Silver

o 1 Lira = 20 Soldi = 240 Denari

o 1 Cassetti = 2 Soldi

o 1 Soldo = 12 Denari

Copper

o 1 Denaroor Grossetto

Italy had no unified currency.

Turkish Money [Ottoman Empire]

1 Gurush or Piaster = 40 Paras = 120 Akches

1 Zolota = 30 Paras

1 Yirmilik = 20 Paras

1 Para = 3 Akches

1 Ak h


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Reichs-Mntze [Sacrum Imperium Romanum The Holy Roman Empire]

1 Ducat = 4 Gulden

1 Species Thaler = 2 Gulden

1 Reichsthaler = 90 Kreutzer

1 Gulden / fl . = 60 Kreutzer = 240 Pfennige

1 Halber Gulden = 30 Kreutzer

1 Kopffstck = 20 Kreutzer

1 Ort (Fnffzehner) = 15 Kreutzer

1 Sechser = 6 Kreutzer 1 Halber Ort = 7 Kreutzer

1 Zweyfache Landmntze (Fnffer) = 5 Kreutzer

1 Batzen = 4 Kreutzer

1 Kayser-Groschen = 3 Kreutzer

1 Einfache Landmntze = 2 Kreutzer

1 Halber Batzen = 2 Kreutzer

1 Kreutzer / kr. = 4 Pfennige

1 Pfennig / dl. = 2 Heller

1 Heller

Accounting in Reichs-Gulden, Kreutzer and Pfennige was especially common in the southern Germancentres of trade.

Polish Money

1 zoty = 30 groszy [the Polish gulden]

1 grosz = 18 denarw

1 denar

Persian Money

Goldo 1 Toman = 50 silver Abbasis = 10,000 Dinars

o 1 Abbassi = 2,000 Dinars

o 1 Zecchino = 750 Dinars

Silver


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Renaissance Exchange Rates

PoundSterling SpanishReals FrenchLivres* DutchGuilders PortugueseReals PoundScots Dk/No/SeRigsdaler VenetianLire OttomanGurush Reichs-Gulden RussianRubles exchangesinto...

1/1 1900/51 40/3 100/9 3565/1 13/1 40/9 100/3 125/18 20/3 100/21PoundSterling

51/1900 1/1 34/95 17/57 1244/13 663/1900 34/285 17/19 17/285 17/95 17/133SpanishReals

3/40 95/34 1/1 5/6 2139/8 39/40 1/3 5/2 25/48 1/2 5/14FrenchLivres*

9/100 57/17 6/5 1/1 6417/20 117/100 2/5 3/1 5/8 3/5 3/7DutchGuilders

1/3565 13/1244 8/2139 20/6417 1/1 13/3565 8/6417 20/2139 25/12834 4/2139 1/749PortugueseReals

1/13 1900/663 40/39 100/117 3565/13 1/1 40/117 30/43 125/234 20/39 100/273Pound

Scots

9/40 285/34 3/1 5/2 6417/8 117/40 1/1 15/2 25/16 3/2 15/14Dk/No/SeRigsdaler

3/100 19/17 2/5 1/3 2139/20 43/30 2/15 1/1 1/8 1/5 1/7Venetian

Lire

18/125 285/17 48/25 8/5 12834/25 234/125 16/25 8/1 1/1 24/25 24/35OttomanGurush

3/20 95/17 2/1 5/3 2139/4 39/20 2/3 5/1 25/24 1/1 5/7Reichs-Gulden

21/100 133/17 14/5 7/3 749/1 273/100 14/15 7/1 35/24 7/5 1/1RussianRubles

* French Livres and Polish Guilders are worth the same on a 1:1 ratio, just as Swedish riksdaler and Danish and Norwegian rigsdaler.

Persian Tomans

416.667 of another nationality's currency converts to the following amounts of Persian Tomans.

PoundSterling

SpanishReals

FrenchLivres*

DutchGuilders

PortugueseReals

PoundScots

Dk/No/SeRigsdaler

VenetianLire

OttomanGurush

Reichs-Gulden

RussianRubles

exchangesinto...

111.11 2.98 8.333 10 0.03 8.55 25 3.333 16 16.667 23.5PersianTomans

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