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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Historical Money



In my previous two posts on Regency money, Regency Money and The Worth of Regency Money, several people said they liked and needed the information. So, this post is a compendium of some historical money links I've discovered in my research. They include, but are not limited to, Regency money.

The best site I've found is Current Value of Old Money, a GREAT collection of links about historic money in various countries, including historic exchange rates.


From the above site, here's the link for historic France: http://www.maisonstclaire.org/resources/pricelist/pricelist.html


Here's a link for data from medieval Europe: http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/memdb/


Another good link is the Marteau site, which contains information for the eighteenth century for various countries. Here's the Marteau site's A Platform of Research on Economics History, which is included on the Current Value of Old Money site.


From the above page, here's the Marteau Prices and Wages page, which gives historical money information on France, Germany and Austria, Great Britain, Italy, the Dutch Republic, the Ottoman Empire, Spain, and the Spanish Netherlands


From the above page, here's the link for Great Britain, Wages and Prices in 18th Century England. For example, a 1710 English clergyman made about 99 British pounds per year.


Here's a site that converts old German money to modern money (do a google search on "historical german money"): http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/projects/currency.htm#intro


The Measuring Worth site contains many calculators, as well as historical information, mainly for the USA and Great Britain.


All this data can be pretty dry, but here's an article, Vulgar Economy, from the Jane Austen Centre that gives some idea of the cost of common items in Regency England.


And to end the post on a lighter note, here are some slang expressions for British money. Not all the terms are historical, but the definitions are enlightening.


Thank you all,

Linda

P.S. The above picture is old Croatian money.

10 comments:

Lindsay Townsend said...

Brilliant blog and excellent links, Linda! Thanks!!

Sarah Simas said...

Hi Linda!

I really enjoyed your blog! Such great info! Thanks for the links, too. I love getting new sites to research. :o)

Martha Eskuchen said...

Hi Linda! Great job with this fun info! Thanks for sharing! "Bob-o-nob" may mean "shilling a head" for meals but it makes me think of Halloween which makes me think of Pumpkins... and I'll jump to the other blog to read about that! :)

Linda Banche said...

Lindsay, Sarah, thanks. I'm sure you'll have a good time with the links.

Nancy said...

Great sites, Linda awesome blog
Nancy O'Berry
www.nancyoberry.com

Linda Banche said...

Hi MarthE and Nancy, thanks for coming over. I'm glad you like the links. Have a good time.

Emma Lai said...

Handy info to have at your fingertips!

Mary Ricksen said...

Cool, How did you find all that info?

Amy DeTrempe said...

Thank you for all the great links.

Linda Banche said...

Hi Emma, handy now that I've found the links. Took a while. Enjoy.

Mary, I did a lot of google searching. And I do mean a lot.

Amy, you're welcome.