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The Currency Exchange (Metz) data set reconstructs
monies of account for 29 cities and regions in Europe, mainly
from the Lower Rhine region, and their changes in value,
expressed in gold or silver equivalents, over the period
indicated. The fine weight equivalents of the monies of account
are meant to provide basic data for converting nominal price
figures from the period into grams of precious metal, but also
serve as measures of the values of the monies of account
themselves.
For a detailed explanation of this data, see Rainer Metz,
Geld, Währung und Preisentwicklung: der Niederrheinraum im
europäischen Vergleich, 1350-1800 (Frankfurt am Main, 1990),
especially pp. xix-xxxvii (English-language summary) and pp.
1-40. For additional information about monies of account and
their equivalencies, see the data set named Currency Exchange
(Spufford).
Data taken from Rainer Metz, Geld, Währung und
Preisentwicklung: der Niederrheinraum im europäischen Vergleich,
1350-1800 (Frankfurt am Main, 1990) are noted as "Metz [A]"
followed by a reference to the table, graph, and page where the
information appears). Data contributed directly by Dr. Metz to
MEMDB, and not published elsewhere, contain a full citation or
other information at the beginning of the note to each set of
currency exchanges.
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