Late Medieval Financial Market 14th-16th Century Exchange Rates 14th-16th Century Exchange Rates 14th-16th Century Exchange Rates

The following links open data sheets that contain the yearly means of exchange rates etween currencies used in fourteenth to sixteenth-century Europe, with the focus being on the Holy Roman Empire and neighbouring regions. Ten of the data sheets give exchange rates between gold and silver currencies, while four give rates between silver currencies only. Each data sheet is preceded by a brief introduction to the currency named in the title; this is intended to give a first impression of how the gold content of the gold coins developed. In the case of silver, the basis is each currency's most common unit of account, i.e. the Mark or the Pound. The brief introduction gives the silver equivalent of these units of account; this was calculated on the basis of the silver content of the largest silver coin actually minted.

The maps included below are intended to give an impression of where the gold currencies were used. They show the share of each gold currency in all exchange rate observations collected at the individual places.

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