Ash (unit)

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The ash (also: Eßchen, grayling, i.e. small ace ) was a unit of weight that was no longer in use. Another name was a ducat ace .

classification

It was a smaller unit of the Cologne mark before the introduction of the convention coin footer. One penny was divided into 17 ash trees. Since 256 pennies were on the weight mark, this corresponded to 17 times 256, i.e. 4352 ash trees. Despite every effort in accuracy, the mark still differed. A Cologne mark with the year 1705 weighed 233.8123 grams. Around 1837/1838 the Prussian weight mark weighed 233.855 grams.

The so-called light ducat aces were the same as the ash trees. An ace of ducats weighed 16.3 parts from Cologne, which was about 5.815 centigrams (0.01 grams).

Classification

The Kölnische Mark was divided into

  • 1 mark (Cologne) = 8 ounces = 16 lots = 64 quint = 256 pennies = 512 hellers = 4020 ducats ace = 4352 ash trees = 65,536 penny pieces = 233.8123 grams

use

Ash was a unit of mass for gold and silver. The measure was the same in Cologne and Schleswig-Holstein. In Denmark, too, the Richtpfenning as a coin weight was equal to the Cologne measure.

  • 1 ash = 0.003224 lot (Prussia 16.667 grams) = 0.054 grams
  • 1 ash tree = 15 1/17 Pfenning (= 3.5684 milligrams )

literature

  • Brockhaus Konversationslexikon, 14th edition, 1894–1896, Vol. 6, p. 345. Retrobib (online)
  • Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight, or explanation of exchange, money u. Government paper course notes, exchange practices, dimensions, etc. Weights of all countries u. Trading venues. Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 4, 257. (online) .
  • August Schiebe: Universal Lexicon of Commercial Sciences. Volume 2, Verlag Friedrich Fleischer, Gebrüder Schumann, Leipzig / Zwickau 1838, p. 190. (online) .
  • 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. 115.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Meinert: Textbook of the entire war sciences for officers ..., Volume 1, Edition 1, Hall 1789, page 286
  2. ↑ Moses Heinemann: The well-trained contorist and businessman ... , Verlag Schüppel, 1834, page 204.
  3. ↑ General German real encyclopedia for the educated classes. Conversations Lexicon: 12 volumes. Volume 6, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1827, p. 223.
  4. ↑ Joseph Salomon: Textbook of Arithmetic and Algebra. Carl Gerold's Sohn, Vienna 1859, p. 260.