Shock (coin)

The shock was a bill of exchange in the Kingdom of Saxony as well as in Bohemia and Silesia .

In the Kingdom of Saxony one differentiated according to the old counting measure 1 shock = 60 pieces:

• 1 old shock = 60 small shock groschen = 20 good groschen , it corresponded to ⁵ ⁄ ₄ convention guilders = 75 kreuzers ;
• 1 new / heavy shock = 60 good groschen = 3 old shock, it was worth ¹⁵ ⁄ ₄ convention guilders = 225 kreuzers.

Also in Bohemia and Silesia one knew different shocks (Czech kopa ):

• 1 old Bohemian shock = 60 Bohemia, it was worth ³ ⁄ ₂ speciestalers = 3 convention guilders = 180 kreuzers;
• 1 new / small Bohemian shock = 40 Bohemia = ² ⁄ ₃ old Bohemian shock, this was 1 speciestaler = 2 convention guilders = 60 double cruisers;
• 1 shock Gröschel = 60 Gröschel = ¹ ⁄ ₄ old Bohemian shock, that corresponded to the value of ³ ⁄ ₄ convention guilders = 45 kreuzers = 180 pfennigs .

The Groschen in Prague and Bohemia were called Bohemia, and Gröschel was also called bats .

literature

• Friedrich Alb. Riemann: Complete manual of coins, weights and measures of all countries in the world. Godfr. Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, pp. 304 f., 24, 115.