Tschanta

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The (the) chanta was a unit of mass ( measure of weight) in Turkey and limited ( pirot ) in Bulgaria . The measure was only used for thickness and color, primarily for black.

1 chanta = 75 oken (unit) = 192.834 inch pounds

literature

SGK: The more important coin, Maas and weight ratios of all countries in the world. For use by leather manufacturers and leather dealers. Gerber-Zeitung (Eduard Krause), Berlin 1859, p. 40.