Brabants geld

lb. s. gr.
1 pond Vlaems / lb. = 6 guldens
= 20 schellingen
= 120 stuyvers
= 240 groten = 1 pond grooten
1 pattacon = 8 schellingen
= 48 stuyvers
1 Brabantse gulden = 20 stuyvers
= 40 grooten
1 Vlaemse schelling / s = 6 stuyvers
= 12 grooten
1 stuyver = 2 groten
1 groot Vlaems / gr. = 4 duit
1 duit = 2 penningen
1 penning
 

Coins of Brabant - the Spanish Netherlands - were valid in Antwerp, Brussels, Doornik, Arras, Maastricht, 's Hertogenbosch. The pond Vlaams was, however, an accepted standard referred to from Brabant through the Netherlands up to Hamburg.

 

Monnaie Française

livres sols d.
1 Louis d'Or = [1640: 6.69 / 6.12 g Au]
= [1709: 8.13 / 7.46 g Au]
= [1715: 8.16 / 7.48 g Au]
= [1717: 6.12 / 5.61 g Au]
= [1718: 9.79 / 8.97 g Au]
= [1723: 6.53 / 5.98 g Au]
= [1726-77: 8.16 / 7.48 g Au]
1 Écu / Louis Blanc = 60 Sols
1 Livre / Franc = 20 Sols
1 Sol Turnois = 12 Deniers
1 Denier    

The value of the louis d'or, issued from the reform of 1640/41 to 1793, fluctuated (for most of the time) between 10 and 30 livres. Foreign traders accepted the coin at divers rates following their own changing perspectives on the value of gold and the quality of the coin. See Newton's Assessment of 1702.link

 

Exchange rate: Pond Vlaems = French Livres

Source: Paritius (1709)link Comparison of Coinslink
© Matthias Böhne / Olaf Simons, 2004