German to English translations [PRO] History / history
German term or phrase:474 asso 12 gr 9 Pfg.
1748 wurde ein neues Schulhaus erbaut (474 asso 12 gr 9 Pfg.)
This is about the history of a village in Thueringen. I assume that this is the cost of building the schoolhouse, but if so does someone know what these currency units are?
Explanation: ..."gr" is very likely to stand for "Groschen" and "Pfg." for "Pfennige" (usually 1 Groschen = 10 Pfennige, i.e. a decimal scale, but I don't know whether it had been applied this way back in the 18th C.)
HTH
Steffen
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Found a comprehensive online glossary (monolingual German) on historic coins/currencies:
Thanks Steffen. I'd like to give some points to Klaus as well but the sytsem won't let me. I'm grateful to everyone who put in some research on this one. 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
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Explanation: ..."gr" is very likely to stand for "Groschen" and "Pfg." for "Pfennige" (usually 1 Groschen = 10 Pfennige, i.e. a decimal scale, but I don't know whether it had been applied this way back in the 18th C.)
HTH
Steffen
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-10-11 08:19:03 (GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Found a comprehensive online glossary (monolingual German) on historic coins/currencies:
Steffen Walter Germany Native speaker of: German PRO pts in category: 26
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Thanks Steffen. I'd like to give some points to Klaus as well but the sytsem won't let me. I'm grateful to everyone who put in some research on this one.
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