Quarteron (counting measure)

Auxiliary unit of measure
Unit name	Quarteron
Unit symbol	${\displaystyle {\text{Quarteron}}}$
Formula symbol	${\displaystyle n}$
Type	Counting measure
definition	1 quarteron = 25 pieces, 1 quarteron = 26 pieces

Quarteron (related to Latin quartus , "the fourth") was a Belgian counting measure. It was also known as a quarter when it stood for a Swiss measure of volume or meant a smaller measure of weight in France .

In the gold beating , the counting and piece measure corresponded

• 1 quarteron = 25 pieces

otherwise it was valid

• 1 quarteron = 26 pieces

literature

• Brockhaus encyclopedia. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Wiesbaden 1966, ISBN 978-3-76530-000-4 , p. 305