Ackey (unit)

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Ackey , also Akie , was a unit of mass for gold and silver in Guinea , Sudan and Benin and was known as the gold grain measure .

  • 1 Ackey = 5 gallina ≈ 1.3 grams
  • 1 Ackey = 1/6 ounce = 27 As (Dutch) = 1.299 grams
  • 1 Usanos / ounce = 6 Ackey = 30 Gallina = 162 As = 16,000 Kauris

literature

  • Jurende's patriotic pilgrim: business and entertainment book for all provinces of the Austrian imperial state: consecrated to all friends of culture from the teaching, military and nutritional class, especially to all nature and fatherland friends. Volume 21, Winiker, Brünn 1834, p. 339

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Leipzig / Quedlinburg 1830, p. 4.
  2. ↑ JC Nelkenbrecher's general pocket book of coin, measure and weight for bankers and merchants. Verlag Sander, Berlin 1832, p. 180.
  3. ↑ Georg Thomas Flügel: Cours-Zettel, continued as a manual of the coin, measure u. Weight customer, as well as the bill of exchange, bank, government paper u. Shares in European and non-European countries and Cities, for bankers, merchants and other business people. Verlag Jägerschen Buch-, Papier- und Landkartenhandlung 1846, p. 128.