474 asso 12 gr 9 Pfg.

English translation: abbrev. for alte Schock (old unit of currency)

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German term or phrase:	aßo
English translation:	abbrev. for alte Schock (old unit of currency)
Entered by:	Armorel Young

07:59 Oct 11, 2002

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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?

Armorel Young KudoZ activity Questions: 383 (none open) (10 closed without grading) Answers: 3447
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No complete answer but...

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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Note added at 2002-10-11 08:19:03 (GMT)
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Found a comprehensive online glossary (monolingual German) on historic coins/currencies:

http://www.reppa.de/info/lexi/framelexi.htm

Unfortunately no \"asso\" there, perhaps you could contact them (if you have enough time, that is).

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Note added at 2002-10-11 08:22:08 (GMT)
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Klaus is right - see URL (search for \"aßo\" or \"alte Schock\", which must have been a currency specific to Thuringia):

http://www.poellwitz.de/geschichte/orgel/

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Steffen Walter
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Local time: 05:18

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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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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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