Caractere
The caractere was a Spanish mass unit. Due to the size of the measure, it was counted among the medical or pharmacist weights.
- 1 caractere = 1/5 gram
- 1 Caractere = 4 Granos
- 3 characters = 1 obole
- 6 caracters = 1 escrupulo
- 18 caracters = 1 drachma
- 144 caracters = 1 onca
- 1152 characters = 1 mark
literature
- Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 36
- Ferdinand Hessler : textbook of physics: according to the needs of technology, the arts and trade. Wilhelm Braumüller, Vienna 1852, p. XX