Deuske

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The Deuske , also Deusken , was a Dutch weight and coin measure based on the mark. A troy pound was two marks. This mark was divided into 8 ounces of 20 Engels or 5120 Aesir. The measure was valid until 1821.

  • 1 Deuske = 2 Aesir = 1/16 angel = 96.1265 milligrams
  • 1 Troyske = 2 German

literature

  • R. Klimpert: Lexicon of coins, measures, weights, counting methods and time sizes. Verlag C. Regenhardt, Berlin 1896, p. 65.
  • Georg Kaspar Chelius, Johann Friedrich Hauschild, Heinrich Christian Schumacher: Measure and weight book. Jägersche Buch-, Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, Frankfurt / Main 1830, p. 89.