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.

 

Hamburgische Müntze

Rthl. M. ß. dl.
M. ß. dl.
1 Ducat [3.5 / 3.45 g Au] = 2 Reichsthaler, 2 Marck
1 Pfund Flämmisch = 20 Schillinge Flämmisch
= 240 Groten Flämmisch
= 2 Reichsthaler, 1½ Marck
1 "gemüntzter" or Species-Thaler  = 1 Reichsthaler, 1 Marck
1 Reichsthaler / Thl. or Rthl. = 3 Marck
= 8 Schillinge Flämmisch
= 48 Schillinge Lübisch
1 Marck Lübisch / M. = 16 Schillinge Lübisch
1 Schilling Flämmisch = 6 Schillinge Lübisch
= 12 Grooten Flämmisch
1 Schilling Lübisch / ß. = 2 Groten Flämmisch
= 12 Pfennige
1 Grot Flämmisch or "Seßling" = 6 Pfennige
1 Pfennig Lübisch / dl.

The Marck Lübisch was shared by Hamburg and Lübeck. Sums were either given in Thaler, Marck, Schillinge and Pfennige or in the latter three coins. The "Pfund Flämmisch" (German for "pond Vlaems") served as an international currency of accounting.

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Exchange rate: Pond Vlaems = Reichsthaler

Source: Paritius (1709)link Comparison of Coinslink
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