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MONEY.

D anish Money isdivided into Dollars (Rbd.

Rigsbankdaler), Marks ($), and Skillings (/?).

1 Skilling

= about 1 Farthing.

1 Mark

=

— 4V»d.

1 Dollar

=

2 s. and 3 d.

9 Dollars = on an average

£ 1.

16 Skillings =

1 Mark.

6 Marks

=

1 Dollar.

The Paper Money is in Notes of 5 Rbd. 20

Rbd. 5 0 Rbd. and 100 Rbd.

The Silver Money is in Species (2 Rbd.),

Dollars, 8 Mark, 4 Mark, 2 Mark, and 1 Mark-

pieces — 8 Sk illing, 4 S k illin g, and 3 Skilling-

pieces.

The Copper Money is in 2 Skilling, 1 Skilling,

and

1/°

Skilling-pieces.

The Gold Money consists of a Single, and a

Double, Frederik-d’Or, or Christian-d’O r: but they

are very rarely met with in circulation.

The Single Frederik-d’Or = 7 Rbd. 1 Mark.

The Double Frederik-d’Or = 14 — 2 —

(according to the present exchange.)

The exchange on Hamburgh i s 1 about 2 0 0

Rbd. for 3 0 0 Marks B anco: or, 4 Rigsbank Marks

= 1 Mark Banco.