Coins, Curency, Units of Measure

 

1 Spanish Dollar = 8 bits = 2 Franconian Gulden = 8 Shillings Sterling

1 Piaster = 22 Silver Kreuzer

1 Gold Guinea = 1 Carolin = 11 Rhine Florins

1 Shilling Sterling = 8 silver Groshen = 18 coppers

1 York Schilling = 28 Copper Kreuzer = 14 silver Kreuzer

1 Pence Sterling = 2 Half Pennies = 2 English Coppers = 4 Pfennig = 1 Copper Kreuzer

1 Franconian Florian = 20 Silver Groshen = 2 ½ Silver Kreuzer

128 Bremer Grothe = 6 Shilling Sterling, 4 ½ Pence Sterling

1 Pound Sterling = 20 Shillings Sterling

1 Gold Guinea = 21 Shillings Sterling

1 Shilling Sterling = 12 to 16 Pence Sterling
(12 seems to be more common in Colonies)

1 German Mile = 60 English Miles

1 lb = 8 Scille

Please keep in mind these figures will not be universal, exchange rates varied
some from place to place and from year to year.

•Modern 21st century "Pound" & 18th century English/American "Pound“1.0 Pound = 453.59 Grams
•Grains in Modern "Pound" = 7000
•French 18th Century "Pound“1.0 Pound = 489 Grams
•Dutch 18th Century "Pound“1.0 Pound = 494.09 Grams
•German (Prussia) 18th Century "Pound“1.0 Pound = 467.4 Grams
•Danish 18th Century "Pound“1.0 Pound = 500 Grams
•Swedish 18th Century "Pound“1.0 Pound = 425.08 Grams

These distinctions in units of measure with common names (varying definitions of pounds) become especially important when trying to compare firelocks as bore is a function of how many ball to the local "pound"