Sukel
The Sukel or Soekel / Sökel was a special measure of weight in the Moluccas and was primarily used for the trade in mace .
- 1 Sukel = 28 Katties = 77.5 kilograms (562 1/3 Troy pounds (Dutch))
The gross weight was one Sukel = 87 2/3 kilograms (170 Troy pounds (Dutch))
The price was set at 6 Troy pounds (Dutch) each.
literature
- Leopold Carl Bleibtreu: Handbook of coin, measure and weight and the exchange-government paper, banking and stock system of European and non-European countries and cities. Published by J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, p. 296
Individual evidence
- ^ Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 682