Denaro (unit)
The denaro , also denier , was not only the name for an Italian coin and bill of exchange but also an Italian measure of weight. The weight measure was slightly different in its scope. The measure was used as commercial weight, medicinal and pharmacist weight, trial weight and as a gold and silver weight.
Commercial weight
The general division of the measure was with the exception of Milan and Venice
- 1 denaro = 24 grani
- 24 denari = 1 oncia
- 288 denari = 1 lira / pound
- Alessandria , Turin and Sardinia 1 Denaro = 1 7/25 grams
- Toscana with Florence , Livorno , Pisa 1 Denaro = 1 ¾ gram
- Duchy of Lucca 1 denaro = 1 3/10 grams
- Duchy of Parma 1 denaro = 1 3/22 grams
- Duchy of Piacenza 1 denaro = 1 ⅛ gram
- Venice, Milan 1 Denaro = 90/91 grams
- 1 Libbra = 10 Once = 100 Grossi = 1000 Denari = 10000 Grani
Medicinal and pharmacist weight
-
Grand Duchy of Tuscany 3 Denaro = 1 Drachma = 5.25 grams
- 1 denaro = ⅓ drachma = 1 ⅓ scrupel = 1 ¾ gram
Gold and silver weight
Generally one shared
- 1 denaro = 24 grani = 576 granottini
- Alessandria, Turin, sardines 1 denari = 1 7/25 grams
- Genoa 1 denaro = 1 1/9 grams
- Duchy of Lucca = 1 Denaro = 1 3/10 grams
- Milan 1 denaro = 90/91 grams
- Papal States of Rome 1 denaro = 1 1/6 grams
- Venice 1 denaro = 1 ¼ grams
Trial weight
-
Bologna 1 denaro = 1 ¼ grams
- 24 denari = 1 oncia
- Florence, Genoa 1 denaro = 1 ¾ gram
- 24 denari = 1 oncia (fine silver, gold only by carat)
- Milan 1 Denaro = 24 Grani = 19 19/50 grams
- 12 denari = 1 mark (fine silver)
- Turin 1 denaro = 24 grani = 20 4/5 grams
- 12 denari = 1 ounce (fine silver)
Unit of length
In Tuscany , Denaro was a measure of length and was considered the line. The Grand Duke Peter Leopold judged the measure on July 11, 1782.
- 1 denaro = 1/240 Braccio / cubit
The dimensional chain was
- 1 canna / rod = 2.5 passetto / double cell = 5 braccio / cubit = 100 soldo / inch = 1200 denari / line
- 1 Braccio = 0.58366 meters
literature
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 57.
- Gustav Adolph Jahn: Dictionary of applied mathematics and war science. Volume 1, Reichenbachsche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1855, p. 649.