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

 

Reichs-Müntze

fl. kr. dl.
1 Ducat [3.5 / 3.45 g Au] = 4 Gulden
1 Species Thaler = 2 Gulden
1 Reichsthaler = 90 Kreutzer
1 Gulden / fl. = 60 Kreutzer
= 240 Pfennige
1 Halber Gulden = 30 Kreutzer
1 Kopffstück = 20 Kreutzer
1 Ort (Fünffzehner) = 15 Kreutzer
1 Sechser = 6 Kreutzer
1 Halber Ort = 7½ Kreutzer
1 Zweyfache Landmüntze (Fünffer) = 5 Kreutzer
1 Batzen = 4 Kreutzer
1 Kayser-Groschen = 3 Kreutzer
1 Einfache Landmüntze = 2½ Kreutzer
1 Halber Batzen = 2 Kreutzer
1 Kreutzer / kr. = 4 Pfennige
1 Pfennig / dl. = 2 Heller
1 Heller

Accounting in Reichs-Gulden, Kreutzer and Pfennige was especially common in the southern German centres of trade.

More information about coins and currencies of the Holy Roman Empire.link Additional calculating tool.link
Exchange rate: French Livres = Reichs-Gulden

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