Sompi

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The sompi was a unit of mass for gold and silver on the island of Madagascar .

  • 1 sompi = 3.824 grams (about 1 quintessence of Amsterdam)
  • 1 Sompi = 1 ⅓ Vari = 3 War = 6 Sakabr / Sacares / Scruple = 12 Nanki / Nanqui / Nanque = 3.824 grams

literature

  • Friedrich Albrecht Niemann : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 321.
  • Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 583.