Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 542 pages of information about Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889.

Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 542 pages of information about Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889.

COINS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES.—­The following carefully prepared summary indicates the coins in use in the various countries, taking their names in alphabetical order: 

Argentine Republic—­Gold coins:  20 peso piece, $19.94; 10 pesos, $9.97; 5 pesos, $4.98.  Silver:  1 peso, 99 cents.  The copper coin of the country is the centisimo, 100 of which make a peso or dollar.

Austria—­Gold coins:  8 gulden piece, $3.86; 4 gulden, $1.93.  Silver:  Marie Theresa thaler, $1.02; 2 gulden, 96 cents; 1 gulden, 48 cents; 1/4 gulden, 12 cents; 20 kreutzer, 10 cents; 10 kreutzer, 5 cents.  Of the small copper coin current, known as the kreutzer, 100 make a gulden.

Brazil—­Gold coins:  20 milrei piece, $10.91; 10 milreis, $5.45.  Silver:  2 milreis, $1.09; 1 milreis, 55 cents; 1/2 milreis, 27 cents.  The Portuguese rei is used for copper money, worth about 1/8 of a cent.

Chili—­Gold coin:  10 pesos (or 1 condor), $9.10; 5 pesos, $4.55:  2 pesos, $1.82.  Silver:  1 peso, 91 cents; 50 centavos, 45 cents; 20 centavos, 18 cents; 10 centavos, 9 cents; 5 centavos, 4 cents.  The copper coin is 1 centavo, 100th of a peso.

Colombia—­Gold coins:  Twenty peso piece, $19.30; 10 pesos, $9.65; 5 pesos, $4.82; 2 pesos, $1.93.  Silver:  1 peso, 96 cents; 20 centavos, 19 cents; 10 centavos, 10 cents; 5 centavos, 5 cents.  The copper centavo of Colombia is identical in value with our cent. (The currency of Coloumbia is also used in Venezuela.)

Denmark—­Gold coins:  Twenty kroner piece, $5.36; 10 kroner, $2.68.  Silver:  Two kroner, 53 cents; 1 krone, 27 cents; 50 ore, 13 cents; 40 ore, 10 cents; 25 ore, 6-1/2 cents; 10 ore, 2-1/2 cents.  One hundred of the copper ore make one krone.

France—­Gold coins:  One hundred franc piece, $19.30; 50 francs. $9.65; 20 francs, $3.85; 10 francs, $1.93; 5 francs, 96 cents.  Silver:  Five francs, 96 cents; 2 francs, 38 cents; 1 franc, 19 cents; 50 centimes, 10 cents:  20 centimes, 4 cents.  The copper coins are the sou, worth about 9-1/2 mills, and the centime, 2 mills.

Germany—­Gold coins:  Twenty-mark piece, $4.76; 10 marks, $2.38; 5 marks, $1.19.  Silver:  Five marks, $1.19; 2 marks, 48 cents; 1 mark, 24 cents; 50 pfennige, 12 cents; 20 pfennige, 5 cents.  One hundred copper pfennige make one mark.

Great Britain—­Gold coins:  Pound or sovereign, $4.86; guinea, $5.12.  Silver:  Five shillings or crown, $1.25; half crown, 62-1/2 cents; shilling, 25 cents; sixpence, 12-1/2 cents.  Also a three-penny piece and a four-penny piece, but the latter is being called in, and is nearly out of circulation.  The copper coins of Great Britain are the penny, half-penny and farthing.

India—­Gold coins:  Thirty rupees or double mohur, $14.58; 15 rupees or mohur, $7.29; 10 rupees, $4.86; 5 rupees, $2.43.  Silver:  One rupee, 48 cents, and coins respectively of the value of one-half, one-fourth and one-eighth rupee.  In copper there is the pie, one-fourth of a cent; the pice, 3/4 of a cent; the ana, 3 cents.

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