Periguin

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The periguin was a unit of mass for gold and silver in Guinea . The Benda in gold trading 45.891 grams differs from the commercial weight-Benda.

1 Periguin = 40 Ake = 2½ ounces (Guinean gold) = 1060.9 As (Dutch) = 50.99 grams
9 periguin = 10 benda
1 gold ounce = 16 Ake / Aki = 424.36 As (Dutch) = 20.396 grams
1 Ake / Aki = 26.52 As (Dutch) = 1.275 grams

literature

Christian Noback , Friedrich Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, government papers, bills of exchange and banking and the customs of all countries and trading venues. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1849, p. 314.