Fonduk

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Fonduk was the name for a Turkish gold coin from the 18th century and meant full coin . There was also the half and quarter coin - called Funduk and Fundukli. A Funduk corresponded roughly to a Venetian Zechine .

Nominal series :

1 fonduk (gold) = 5 G (u) rusch or Kuruş or piaster (silver)

1 G (u) rusch = 40 Para (silver, later billon / copper)

1 Para = 3 Asper

1 Asper = 4 Menkie, also Gieduki

A Maria Theresa thaler around 1780 was equivalent to about 102 Para or 1/2 fonduk. Only the Fonduk- and Gurusch coins were Kurantmünzen , from Para all fractional coins .

literature

Fernand Braudel: Social history of the 15th - 18th century, everyday life , Kindler Verlag, Munich 1985, p. 490ff, ISBN 3-463-40025-1