Valvation table
Valuation tables or valuation tables (from valvation , determination of the circulation value of coins, from Latin valere = to be worth) are coin value comparison tables , which z. B. were created by a sovereign or by the Reichstag through Münzwardeine and were legally binding to z. B. or not foreign coins by Empire monetary standard embossed Kurantmünzen other Coin Lords with the local currency or the official Reichsfuß or bill coin to compare.
Due to the countless types of coins and currencies circulating in Europe, these tables were an important tool for trading.
These valuation tables were also written in book form by merchants, so that a quick comparison of the values of the different types of money in daily trading without a water sample or " test needle with test acid on the slate" was immediately possible, since the rough weight (total coin weight) was often yes, but the fine weight was unsure.
Usually based on the respective national currency or the official imperial footing, as many gold and silver coins as possible (sometimes even shown) were compared with the standard currency. Mostly deviations “downwards” were found in these tables in the value.
Even when the coin was disreputed , the mint itself issued such tables, which were often posted in the form of leaflets.
Valvation tables were in use in Europe until the end of the 19th century.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old dimensions, coins and weights. A lexicon. Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1986, licensed edition Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1987, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 , p. 397 f.