Latin Union
| Currency | start | end | value | weight (g) | purity | metal | real content (g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| French franc | 18?? | 1920 | 1 franc | 5 | 0.835 | Ag | 4.175 |
| 2 | 10 | 0.825 (typo?) | Ag | 8.25 | |||
| 10 | 3.2258 | 0.9 | Au | 2.90322 | |||
| Belgian franc | 18?? | 1918 | 1 franc | = 1 FRF | |||
| 2 | porportional | ||||||
| 20 | porportional (6.4516 g) | ||||||
| Italian lira | 1861 | 1917 | 1 lira | = 1 FRF | |||
| 2 | porportional | ||||||
| 5 | 25 | 0.9 | Ag | 22.5 | |||
| 10, 20, 50, 100 | = 10 FRF & porportional | ||||||
| Solothurn (a Swiss canton) fraken | 1813? | xxxx | 16 | 7.64 | 0.9 | Au | 6.876 gold in 1 franken = 1.48 x of gold in FRF, which confirms the 1.5x ex rate |
| Swiss franc | 1850 | 1857 | franc | 5 | 0.9 | Ag | 4.5 |
| Swiss franc | 1860 | 1863 | franc | 5 | 0.8 | Ag | 4 |
| Swiss franc | 1874 | 1967!! | 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 | like ITL | |||
| Spanish peseta | 18?? | 1934 | 1, 2 | like BEF & porportional | |||
| Greek drachma | 1910? | 1911 | 1, 2 | like BEF | |||
| Romanian leu | 18?? | 1914 | 1, 2, 5, 20 | like ITL | |||
| Austrian florin (gulden) | 1857 | 1852 | 1 | 12.34 | 0.9 | Ag | 11.106 |
| Austrian krone | 1858 | 1866 | 1 k | 11.1111 | 0.9 | Au | 10 |
| Austrian theler | 1801 or earlier | 1852 | $1 | 28.6 | 0.833 | Ag | 23.8238 |
| Austrian theler | 1852 | 1856 | $1 | 25.99 | 0.9 | Ag | 23.391 |
| Austrian theler | 1857 | 1868 | $1 | 18.5186 | 0.9 | Ag | 16.66674 |
| (LMU) Austrian krone | 1892 | 1916 | 1 k | = 1 FRF | |||
| 5 | 24 | 0.9 | Ag | 21.6 | |||
| 10 | 3.3875 | 0.9 | Au | 3.04875 | |||
| 20 & 100 | porportional | ||||||
| Bulgarian lev | 18?? | 1916 | 1, 2, 20, 100 | like BEF & porportional | |||
| Venezuelan bolívar | 18?? | 1965!! | 1, 2, 5 | like ITL | |||
| Serbian dinar | 18?? | 1915 | 1, 2, 5 | like Austrian krone | |||
| Montenegrin perper | 1909? | 1914 | 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 100 | like Austrian krone | |||
| Sammarinese lira | 1906? | 1925 (as 10 lire) | 1, 2, 10 | like ITL | |||
| Vatican lira | 18?? | 19?? | nothing in coin catalog before 1929 | ||||
Important
| Currency | start | end | value | weight (g) | purity | metal | real content (g) | "exchange rate" with LMU unit based on precious metal amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States dollar | 18?? | 1964 | 1 | 26.73 | 0.9 | Ag | 24.057 | $1 = 5.7622 LMUU |
| 0.1, 0.25, 0.5 | porportional as if $1 = 25 g | $1 = 5 ITL (5 ITL not = 5 LMUU in this sense) | ||||||
| 2.5 | 4.18 | 0.9 | Au | 3.762 | $1 = 5.1832 LMUU | |||
| 5, 10, 20 | almost porportional ($5 = 8.359g) | |||||||
| Mexican peso | 18?? | 1914 | 1 | 27.073 | 0.9030 | Ag | 24.446919 | $1 = 5.8555 LMUU |
| 10c, 20c (maybe 5c) | porportional | |||||||
| 1 | 1.692 | 0.875 | Au | 1.4805 | $1 = 5.0995 LMUU | |||
| 5, 10, 20 (to 1905) | porportional | |||||||
| Spanish dollar | 18?? | 18?? | 1 | 27.468 | 0.93055 | Ag | 25.5603474 | $1 = 6.1222 LMUU |
| In terms of shilling, (pound (sovereign), crown, florin, pence) = (20, 5, 2, 1/12) | ||||||||
| British pound | 18?? | 1919 | 1s | 5.6552 | 0.925 | Ag | 5.23106 | 1s = 1.2529 LMUU, £ = 25.059 LMUU |
| 2s, 0.5c = 2.5s, 1c | porportional | |||||||
| £0.5 | 3.994 | 0.917 | Au | 3.6625 | 1sh = 1.2615 LMUU, £ = 25.2306 LMUU | |||
| £1, £2, 5 | porportional | |||||||
| lira/pound - 100 - kurus/piastre - 40 - para | ||||||||
| Ottoman lira | 18?? | 1929 (as gold kurus) | 1 kurus | 1.2027 | 0.83 | Ag | 0.99824 | £ = 23.91 LMUU |
| 2, 5, 10, 20 | porportional | |||||||
| 12.5 kurus | 0.902 | 0.917 | Au | 0.82713 | £ = 22.792 LMUU | |||
| 25, 50, 100, 250, 500 kurus | porportional | |||||||
| Maria Theresa thaler | 1780? | 19?? | 1 thaler | 28.0668 | 0.833 | Ag | 23.3796444 | $ = 5.6 LMUU |
| In terms of anna, (rupee, pice) = (16, 1/4) | ||||||||
| Indian rupee | 18?? | 1930s? | Rs 1 | 11.66 | 0.917 | Ag | 10.69222 | Rs 1 = 2.561 LMUU |
| Rs 5 | 3.887 | 0.917 | Au | 3.564379 | Rs 1 = 2.455 LMUU | |||
| Rs 10 | porportional | |||||||
| Chinese yuan | 18?? | ~1930 | 1 | 26.4~27 | 0.9 | Ag | 24.21 | ¥1 = 5.691~5.8204 LMUU |
| Japanese yen | 18?? | 1914 | 1 | 26.96 | 0.9 | Ag | 24.264 | ¥1 = 5.8117 LMMU |
| 1897 | 1 | 1.666... | 0.9 | Au | 1.5 | ¥1 = 5.167 LMUU | ||
| 5, 10, 20 | porportional | |||||||
USD, CHF, and GBP are the three currencies that have depreciated the least.
1 troy ounce is 31.1034768 g.