Richtpfennig
The Richtpfennig was a weight that was used as a guideline in coinage.
It was cast from silver and calibrated on gold and silver scales, the fine scales of the time. The Richtpfennig was a square piece that was brought to a very precise weight by filing (see also knurling ). According to this pfennig, the weights of the coins to be minted were determined.
- 1 Pfennig = 39/40 grams = 975 milligrams
- 1 Pfennig = 125/128 grams = 976.5625 milligrams ( Württemberg )
The Kölnische Mark was divided into
- 1 mark (Cologne) = 8 ounces = 16 lot = 64 quint = 256 pennies = 912 hellers = 4020 ducats-As = 4352 ash trees = 65536 penny pieces = 233.8123 grams. The benchmark part therefore weighed 3.568 milligrams.
Since 1857 the weight of the thousandth of a pound with a further decimal division has taken the place of the guiding penny.
See also
literature
- Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon. Volume 4. Amsterdam 1809, p. 271.
- Herders Konversations-Lexikon. Volume 4. Freiburg im Breisgau 1856, pp. 727-728.
- Royal Württemb. Central office for trade and commerce (ed.): The dimensions and weights of Württemberg versus the metrics of the German Empire . Publishing house of JB Metzler'schen Buchhandlung, Stuttgart 1871.