Coupang (unit of weight)

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Coupang , also Coupant , was an Indian gold and silver weight on the island of Sumatra and a Japanese gold coin.

  • 1 coupang = 199 4/5 As = 9.7 grams

literature

  • Smaller Brockhaussches Konversationslexikon for manual use. Volume 2, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1854, p. 128

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 50