MONEY, MEASURES of DISTANCE, and WEIGHTS,
IN DENMARK, NORWAY, AND SWEDEN.
Taken from STENHOUSE'S TABLES; Edinb.1817.
Ar Copenhagen, accounts are kept in rix-dollars of six marks, or 96 shillings Danish currency. The current rix-dollar is worth 441 pence sterling. The rix-dollar banco, or specie, of 1798, contains 388 English grains of pure silver, and 58 ditto of alloy. Its sterling value therefore, the same as in Sweden, is 54 pence; or four shillings and sixpence English.
The Danish pound weighs 7715 English grains: hence 100 pounds of Copenhagen are equal to 110 pounds Avoirdupois. Sixteen pounds equal one Lispand. Twenty Lispands equal one Shippund.
Two feet equal one Danish (aln) ell, which equals 24.7 English inches. Twelve hundred Danish ells equal one Danish mile, which is about equal to 8233 English yards. But the Norwegian mile is greater, and equal to the Swedish mile.
Accounts are kept in rix-dollars, divided into forty-eight shillings, or 576 Runstycken. The Swedish shilling is worth little more than one penny sterling of our money. The rix-dollar, in specie, contains 389 English grains of pure silver, and forty-three grains of alloy. Its sterling value is therefore 54 pence, or four shillings and sixpence English. At present, Paper is the only currency known in Sweden: Bank Notes are circulated at so low a value as sixteen or eighteen pence sterling of our money.
The Skaal, or Grocer's pound, weighs 6563 English grains. The Miner's pound, 5801 ditto. The Inland pound, 5526 ditto. And the Sea-port pound, for iron and steel, 5250 ditto.
The Swedish ell, which is divided into two feet, or 24 inches, measures 23.36 English inches. Eighteen thousand Swedish ells equal one Swedish mile.