International Coin Conversion Table

Dresden: [no publisher indicated] January 23, 1778. Folded broadsheets; [8] pp. In German. With woodcut printers device. Very good with middle fold crease and edge creasing. 1778 government decree setting forth the formal valuation table for regional and international gold and silver coins. At the time there was a proliferation of coins with various weights and specie content; to avoid confusion by merchants this decree set forth formal exchange rates between the gold and silver coins of numerous regions and countries including Holland, Spain, France, Germany, etcetera. Impress your friends at the currency desk by challenging them to check rates on January 23, 1778 — the Bloomberg won’t come through, but you can pull out this handy table! Exceedingly scarce. Both OCLC and VD18 locate only 1 holding worldwide: ULB Sachsen-Anhalt. VD18 10057013 (listing a different title, but it is the same — except, our document is dated January 23, 1778 and the copy at Sachsen-Anhalt is dated January 24, 1778!). At the time of cataloguing, no other copies for sale.