Piso (unit)

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Piso was an African measure of weight and was one of the small measures in Guinea .

  • 1 piso = 2 aquiraques = 4 mediatablas = 1 ⅓ quintas = ⅔ seron = 8 grams
  • 8 Piso / Piso / Eusano / Usano / Usanno = 2 Benda-offa = 1 Benda = 3 Eggebas = 64.116 grams

See also

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 254

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Smaller Brockhaus'sches Konversations-Lexikon for manual use. Volume 4, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1856, p. 111
  2. ^ Adriano Balbi: House book of geographical knowledge: A systematic encyclopedia of geography for the needs of the educated of every class. Volume 2, Part 1, Richard's Book and Art Dealer, 1834, p. LXXI
  3. ↑ Eduard Doering: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight or explanation of exchange, currency and government paper rate notes, exchange usage, dimensions and weights of all countries and trading venues, along with the general German exchange order. J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1854, p. 215