Germany, c.1850: Platinum Battery

Where 1 Loth = 0.4867 Troy Ounce and 1 Pfund (Cologne mark) = 16.49 Troy Ounces

1 Thaler = USD$ 0.68  a single battery contained 0.69 Troy ounces of Platinum, or 81% - 87% of the entire battery cost.

1850: 1 Troy Ounce (semi-mfg, retail?) = Thl 12.33 -14.39 (USD$ 8.42 - 9.82)

1849: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (semi-mfg: Sheet &Wire, mkt) = Fl 18.78 (USD$ 7.42)

1851: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Saxony: Semi-Mfg, Retail) = Thlr. 14.36


Citation: Oswald Marbachs' Physikalisches Lexikon, Vol. 1; Gotthard Oswald Marbach (1851) pp.

Citation:  Grundzüge der Mineralogie für Schule und Haus; Gustav Leonhard p.34