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From: Pat Reynolds <pat at caerlas.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Currency abbreviations in 15th century Dutch

Dear Friends,

I have been asked by a friend for help with translating a medieval document
(for her family history, which involves Scots people in Rotterdam).  One
point that I don't understand (perhaps because they h is the currency - a
typical entry is "117 symbol like a U with a line through it = fl =
guilders) 16s18d. GR"  What does the 'GR' mean?  And I thought there were
only 8 duits to the stuiver .... This could be a really odd way of writing
117 pounds, 16 shillings, 18 pence - but again there are 12 pence to the
shilling, so that doesn't make sense, either¬

Thanks for any light!

Pat

ps, my viva is 10th October.  After that there will be either corrections, a
lot of corrections, or huge rewritings.  Then I will put it on the web for
you all.
-- 
Pat Reynolds

It may look messy now ...
       ... but just you come back in 500 years time (T. Pratchett).
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