Ake (unit)

The ake , also aki or part , was a unit of mass for gold in Guinea . Many dimensional relationships that have become known only come from travel reports and are not always clear.

• 1 ake = 0.07649 Lot ( Prussia = 16.667 grams) = 1.275 grams
• 1 ounce = 16 parts = 16 ake = 20.396 grams
• 36 ake = 1 benda
• 40 ake = 1 periguin

literature

• Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values ​​and proportions to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 5.
• Christian Noback , Friedrich Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, government papers, bills of exchange and banking and the customs of all countries and trading venues. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 314.