[Sca-cooks] Florence's florins and Rome's ducats

[Terry Decker]

In the 13th Century, Florence began minting florins and Venice began minting
ducats.  Both coins were 3.54 grams of gold.  Venetian ducats became the key
currency of Europe and became the standard for most of the various types of
"ducats" which were minted.  Roman ducats and Florentine florins should have
been roughly equal in value, but the purchasing power might vary between
locales depending on commercial conditions.

An interesting consideration of exchange rates from before into the early
years of the range in question can be found at:

http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/memdb/DatabasesSpecificFiles/About/aboutMueller.a
sp#foreignExchange

And another site with useful information on the coins in question:

http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/munro5/MONEYLEC.htm

Some commentary on the Papal Mint which produced the Roman ducat:

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10334a.htm

Hope that helps.

Bear



Greetings folks,

I recieved this question yesterday. If anyone can answer her question
could you please send her the answer? Please remember that she is
not on this list, so send an email or cc her at: LHsu at getty.edu
I would also appreciate a copy to add to the Florilegium. Then the
answer will be available for others.

Thanks,
   Stefan

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Dear Lord Stefan li Rous,
I stumbled upon your website while doing research on ancient currency.  I am
wondering if I can post a problem on your website or if you might be able to
help me with it.  I am trying to find out the conversion rate between
Florence's florins and Rome's ducats between 1450 and 1550.  Any help would
be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,


Lillian Hsu
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I pointed her to the files I had in the Florilegium that might have
her answer but her reply was:


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Thank you for the files.  They were very helpful.  However, I still need a
little more information on the exchange rates at the time.  I've read
through
numerous resources online, but have not been able to come to any definite
conclusions.  I would really appreciate it if you could forward this problem
to
your mail lists:

What were the exchange rates between Roman ducats and giuliii to Florentine
florins from 1450-1550?  (This question is part of a research project on the
sale of gems between Rome and other Italian cities.)
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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
    Mark S. Harris            Austin, Texas          stefan at texas.net
**** See Stefan's Florilegium files at:  http://www.florilegium.org ****


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