Polskie pieniądze

zł. gr. d.
1 złoty = 30 groszy
1 grosz = 18 denarów
1 denar

In 1496 the Sejm approved the creation of a national currency. Its value was set at 30 Prague groschen, later converted to Polish grosz. The 30 grosz coin, złoty, became the Polish gulden.

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: Polish Guilders = Reichsthaler

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