May 9, 2011

Germany: Prices & Dates TBE

Where the Braunschweig Thaler (of 24 Groschen) was £ 0.15 and the Loth 14.5875 Grams (.469 Ozt.) the assumed value of 8 Loth (3.752 Ozt) in Gold is £ 15. or respectively:

c.1844? 1 Troy Ounce Gold (German estimate) = Thaler 26.65 (£ 4.)
c.1844? 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (German estimate) = Thaler 6.66 (£ 1.)
c.1844? 1 Troy Oz. Silver (German estimate) = Thaler 1.904 (£ 0.2856)


For 100 Thalers one can purchase: 8 Loth Gold, 32 Loth platinum, or 112 Loth Silver, or 2,000 Loth Mercury; 8 Loth of Gold THEREFORE has the same commercial value such as 32 Loth of platinum, 112 ounces of Silver, etc.
c. 1844??? First Ed. in 1846
Citation: Die schule der chemie, oder. Erster unterricht in der chemie, versinalicht... Julius Adolph Stöckhardt(1850)



c. 1849:
Citation: Skizzen aus dem steinreiche; Franz von Kobell (1850) p.179 

1860: Ein Pfund rohes Platin kostet ungefähr 180 fl., verarbeitet 250 st. Palladium.
Citation: Geschichte der mineralogie: Von 1650-1860; Franz von Kobell (1866) p.562

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