Currency conversion issues

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The ratio of gold to silver is set at 1:12, and the ratio of silver to copper is 1:15 (copper prices in Europe were very expensive in the Middle Ages, before the large-scale development of the large copper mines in Sweden). Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The basic currency of Germany is a pinnish, which weighs less than 1.5 grams and is made of silver. But by the 15th century, there were no more silver coins of sterling silver. Both the English penny and the Imperial Finney (from Habsburg Austria) have a silver content of around 50%. In this book, both the English penny and the HRE Empire Finney are set at 50% silver content (in fact, there may be some discrepancies), and the two are equivalent.

In addition, many local princes in Germany also had the right to mint money. But many princes have no discipline at all, and the silver content of Finney is less than 50%, and some are even less than 25%, and they are about to become copper coins. For the sake of convenience, this book generally omits the inferior fennig minted by these vassal states, and uses the imperial fennig for conversion.

The French silver coin was set at 25% silver, but in fact the French silver coin may contain less than 25% silver, and the festival was completely eaten by dogs. The same is true for Italy, where the currencies of the smaller states are ridiculously low, with the exception of wealthy countries such as Venice and Genoa, which have relatively good currency. Therefore, when describing Italy, the book uses Venetian currency as a standard instead of value.

The specific conversion ratio is as follows:

£1 = DM 1.5

£1 = 240 pence = 240 Imperial Finney

£1 = 4 Ducats

1 Ducat's gold coin = 1 gold Goulden coin (struck by imitation of Italian gold coins in Germany, the value is as expected) = 60 pfennig

Also, the German region also used the shilling as a unit of currency, 1 shilling = 20 pence = 20 imperial pink.

During this period, because there was no supply of gold and silver in the Americas, and gold and silver were not abundant in Europe, prices were relatively low. In the private sector, some commodities with too low value are generally traded in barter or bookkeeping. After a certain amount of scale, credits will be used.

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