Kop (unit)

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Kop or Koppe (for head) was a Dutch grain measure . A distinction must be made between the old and the decimal head.

Old head

1 Kop = 42 13/24 Parisian cubic inches = 21/25 liters
8 Koppen = 1 Vierdevat / Vierfaß
32 Koppen = 1 sheepel / bushel
96 heads = 1 sack
128 Koppen = 1 tired
3456 coupling = 1 load

Decimal cop

1 head = 50 2/5 Parisian cubic inches = 1 liter
½ Kop = 1 demiliter = 10 Maatje / Mäßchen ( deciliter )
10 Kop = 1 bushel (Dutch) or decaliter .
20 Kop = 1 double shepherd
100 Kop = 1 tired
3000 Kop = 1 load

Old Prussian Kop

Before the introduction of the Prussian measures, the grain measure Kop was also used in Aachen ( Rhine Province ).

1 Kop = 311 4/9 Parisian cubic inches = 6 4/25 liters
4 Kop = 1 barrel
24 Kop = 1 painter

literature

Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world ...., Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 139.