English Money

£ s. d.
1 guinea [8.35 / 7.65 g Au] = 21 shillings, 6 pence
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

The guinea gold coin, first issued on 6 Feb. 1663 (1662 Old Style) with the value of 20s reached nearly 30s in 1694 before the rehabilitation of the silver coinage under William III. allowed a new fixing at 21s 6d in 1698. The proclamation of Dec. 1717 fixed it at 21 s.

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Monnaie de Genève

fl. sols d.
21 Sols = 1/2 livre courant*
10½ Sols = 1/4 livre courant*
1 Florin / fl. = 12 Sols
1 Trois-sols = 3 Sols
1 Sol / s. = 12 Deniers
1 Trois-quarts = 9 Deniers
1 Quart = 3 Deniers
1 Fort = 1 1/2 Deniers
1 Denier / d.

French money – the livre, sol and denier courant – interfered as a parallel currency of accountinglink and led to the minting of the odd 21 and 10½ sols pieces subdividing the French livre.

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Exchange rate: Pound Sterling = Florins à Genève

Source: Körner / Furrer / Bartlome (2001)link Comparison of Coinslink
© Matthias Böhne / Olaf Simons, 2005