Shilling (unit)

The shilling , in addition to the denomination of the coin, as a measure, belonged to three different groups of modern measure allocation and that would be piece, volume and weight. It can be seen as a European measure, because in Bohemia , Bavaria , Silesia , Austria and Lusatia it was known for its special application.

In Bohemian mines it was a measure of volume and was equivalent to 5 wheelbarrows. The schilling was determined as follows:

• 1 Schilling = 12 leather tubes filled with water = 480 Prague pints
• 18 shillings = 1 solution of water

In Regensburg the measure was applied to salt . In Bavaria, for example, the measure between piece and weight fluctuated

• 1 shilling of salt = 40 slices
• 8 shillings = 1 pound of salt

As a piece measure , the shilling corresponded to the number 30 in Austria and the number 12 in Silesia and Lusatia. The regional name was Schilger in Silesia and Schilger or Schilk in Lusatia .

240 pfennigs were minted from the Carolingian pound of 367 g silver. Twelve pfennigs was called a shilling. The schilling was not a coin, but the name for a dozen , i.e. only one unit of account (see Sachsenpfennig ).

literature

• Joachim Heinrich Campe: Dictionary of the German language. Volume 4, school bookshop, Braunschweig 1810, p. 141

Individual evidence

1. ^ Friedrich Noback: General Börsen- u. Account book. Volume 3, Adolf Gumprecht, Leipzig 1862, p. 84.
2. ^ Walter Haupt: Sächsische Münzkunde , Berlin 1974, p. 12.