Liretta

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The Liretta , also Lireta , was a so-called lightweight, the small or light pound, and was used for finer goods such as silk , indigo , wax and spices . The measure was common in Bergamo (Lombardy) and in the canton of Ticino . With Libretta it was named as a measure of weight in the Austrian Lombardy . The measure was also calculated for the retail trade and was considered a light pound. Middle name was also Liretta.

In addition, a silver coin in Italy bore this designation.

Mass unit

  • 1 liretta = 12 ounces = 325.128 grams or 326.013 grams or 330 7/20 grams
  • 25 lirette = 1 rubbio or peso sottile
  • Ticino 1 Liretta = ⅜ Libbra grosso (heavy pound)
  • Crema 1 libretta = 267 4/9 grams

The difference between the light and heavy pounds was the number of ounces of equal weight (12 = 32).

coin

The Italian silver coin, like the weight with Liretta, also Lireta, divided into:

  • 1 Liretta = ½ Lira = 10 Soldi = 120 Denari

literature

  • Leopold Carl Bleibtreu: Handbook of coin, measure and weight, and bill of exchange, government paper, banking and shares in European and non-European countries and cities. J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, p. 60.
  • Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag von Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 161.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leopold Carl Bleibtreu: Handbook of coin, measure and weight, and the bill of exchange, government paper, banking and shares in European and non-European countries and cities. J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, p. 60.
  2. ^ Johann Michael Leuchs: The office science. Part: The instruction, containing all incidents in trade, in common and higher business with insight. The latest in money, coins, measurements and weights for merchants, businessmen and newspaper readers. Volume 3, Verlag E. Leuchs and Komp., Nuremberg 1834, p. 45.
  3. ^ A b Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete handbook of coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag von Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 161.
  4. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag von Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 157.