10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RIJKSDAALER»
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1
Ottoman Warfare, 1500-1700
The two most common types were the Dutch rijksdaaler and the Spanish real
called in Ottoman the esedi and riyal gurush. For a summary account of these
fluctuations, see S. Pamuk, “Money in the Ottoman Empire, 1326–1914”, in
Inalcik and ...
2
Power Struggles and Trade in the Gulf: 1620-1820
The commonest coins used for this purpose at that time were gold ducats, silver
rixdollars (Dutch Rijksdaaler = VA Guilders), and silver pieces of eight (the
Spanish Real) with the same value. Trade accounts were always kept in guilders
by the ...
3
Handbook of World Exchange Rates, 1590-1914
The basis of the guilder banco was the rixdollar, issued according to the standard
of coinage of the Holy Roman Empire during the 16th century (rijksdaaler; 25.99
grammes of pure silver, from 1616 25.69 grammes of pure silver) for the first ...
4
The Economy and Material Culture of Russia, 1600-1725
Most thalers had no descriptive adjective (N = l6l), but others were called
Reichsthalers (N = 9), Lubeck thalers (N = l3), "cross thalers" (from the Spanish
Netherlands, i.e., riyals; N = 3), the "new thaler" (apparently the Rijksdaaler of the
United ...
5
American Journal of Numismatics
Two and one half Gnilders were equal to one Rijksdaaler, and the Guilder is
divided into 100 cents. It weighs 154.32 grains. Of the Dutch gold coins the
largest is the piece of ten Guilders, sometimes called the Florin, which weighs
103.7 ...
GUATEMALA 100 centavos=I piastre, peso or dollar, silver about 2s. 8d., paper Is
. HOLLAND 100 cents=l guilder or floriu=ls. 8d. 12 guilders 11J cent.=£ sterling.
Gold coins, 10 florins (16s.). Silver. coins, 2J guilders (rijksdaaler), 1 guilder, ...
7
Hubbard's newspaper and bank directory of the world (with ...
... o 00-5 000.S5 o - Value Id U. S. Coin. I $ : cts. 4. COUNTRIES. Moneys in
Current Use. THE NETHERLANDS. Double William (g.) Double Ducat (g.) - One
William ig.) One Ducat (g.i Half William (g.) - Rijksdaaler (s.) Guilder (or florinMs.)
...
Harlan Page Hubbard,
1882
8
Shipwrecks & sunken treasure in Southeast Asia
Rijksdaaler Also known as Rix Daler. The Dutch equivalent of the reichsthaler. It
was issued by the Dutch early in the 16th century. Sovereign A large gold coin to
the value of 20 shillings issued in England in 1489. It was also frequently called ...
9
The reporter's word-book: a manual of reference for the ...
FOREIGN MONEY: crown, drachme, escudo, florin, franc, gersh, guilder, gulden,
krone, kwan, lei, lira, mark, mark-banco, milreis, moon pagoda, mohur, patacon,
peseta, peso, piastre, rigsdaler, rijksdaaler, riksdaler, rouble, ruble, rupee, sol, ...
10
The Year-book of Wireless Telegraphy & Telephony
27 drachmae 30 lepta = ;£i or about 108 drachmae per 100 fcs. Foreign gold
coins in circulation. Holland. —100 cents=i guilder or florin=is. 8d. 12 guilders 10
ccnts = ;£ sterling. Gold coins, 10 florins (16s.). Silver coins, 2$ guilders (
rijksdaaler) ...
Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company, Ltd., London,
1917