Mandrel weight
The mändel weight , a ducat weight, was a unit of mass used to weigh gold coins .
Emperor Charles VI. decreed by decree of December 12th 1737 that no other weight could be used for weighing gold coins. It was called the "true imperial ducat weight". It was an old name for the German weight, but was also used in Austria.
A ducat weighed 60 As and 67 pieces corresponded to one Cologne mark .
literature
- Society of learned and practical merchants: General encyclopedia for merchants and manufacturers as well as for businessmen in general: or, Complete dictionary. Otto Wigand publishing house, Leipzig 1838
- Siegfried Becher: The Austrian coinage from 1524 to 1838 in historical, statistical and legislative terms. Volume 2, Mösle, Vienna 1838, p. 166
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scholars and practical merchants: trade lexicon or encyclopedia of the entire trade sciences for merchants and manufacturers. Volume 4, Verlag Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1858, p. 22