Units of area, volume, length and currency in the Czech lands were different, not only in various time periods, but even in the various regions. Example: 1 guilder = 30 kreutzer (Bohemia) 1 guilder = 33 kreutzer (Silesia) Conventional currency (1750-1857) 1 Tolar (Thaler) = 2 guilders 1 Tolar (Thaler) = 20 grosch 1 Tolar (Thaler) = 60 kreutzer Austrian currency (1857-1892) 100 Conv. guilders = 105 Austrian guilders Crown currency (1892 -1918) 1 Austrian guilder = 2 crowns ----------- I think that in 1803 the "K" could be kreutzer but I read Kreutzer mostly abbreviated as "xr" and never as "K". Could you scan the text and send it to me? Nevertheless 1 guilder=30 kreutzer in this time. Martin Pytr, CZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "jean horl" <jean@minesurfer.com> To: <CZECH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 1:02 AM Subject: Bohemian money > Hi List: I just received this from a researcher in Pilzen; cam anyone tell me how much a golden was and how much kretzer were worth in 1803? It would seem that my gggrandfather had a dowry of 100 goldens and 1 Kow *cow(? and his wife had a dowry of 80 goldens and 1 Kow > Thank you > Jean Horl > > ______________________________