The schock was an historical
coin of account
A coin of account is a unit of money that does not exist as an actual coin (that is, a metal disk) but is used in figuring prices or other amounts of money.
Examples Mill
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in the
Kingdom of Saxony
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as well as in
Bohemia
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and
Silesia
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.
In the Kingdom of Saxony, a distinction was made, based on the old use of the word, whereby 1 ''schock'' = 60 units:
* 1 old shock = 60 small ''schockgroschen'' = 20
good ''groschen'', it corresponded to of a
Convention ''guilders'' = 75 ''
kreuzer
The Kreuzer (), in English usually kreutzer ( ), was a coin and unit of currency in the southern German states prior to the introduction of the German gold mark in 1871/73, and in Austria and Switzerland. After 1760 it was made of copper. In s ...
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* 1 new or heavy ''schock'' = 60 good ''groschen'' = 3 old ''schocks'', worth of a Convention gulden = 225 kreuzers.
There were also different units of currency called the ''schock'' in Bohemia and Silesia (Czech ''
kopa''):
* 1 old Bohemian ''schock'' = 60 ''Böhmen'', worth ''
Speciesthaler
The ''Speciesthaler'', also ''Speciestaler'' or ''Speziestaler'', was a type of silver specie coin that was widespread from the 17th to the 19th century and was based on the ''9-Thaler'' standard of the original ''Reichsthaler''. In Scandinavian s ...
'' = 3 Convention ''guilders'' = 180 ''kreuzers'';
* 1 new or small Bohemian ''schock' = 40 ''Böhmen'' = old bohemian ''schocks'', whereby 1 ''Speciesthaler'' = 2 Convention ''guilders'' = 60 double ''kreuzers'';
* 1 schock ''Gröschel'' = 60 ''Gröschel'' = old Bohemian ''schocks'', corresponding to {{fraction, 3, 4 Convention ''guilders'' = 45 ''kreuzers'' = 180 ''
pfennig
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s''.
A ''Böhmen'' (lit.: "Bohemia") was the name of the ''groschen'' in Prague and Bohemia; a ''Gröschel'' was also called a ''Fledermaus'' ("bat").
Literature
* Johann Friedrich Krüger: ''Vollständiges Handbuch der Münzen, Maße und Gewichte aller Länder der Erde.'' Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg/Leipzig 1830, p. 94.
* Johann Jacob Ebert: ''Unterweisung in den philosophischen und mathematischen Wissenschaften: für die obern Classen der Schulen und Gymnasien.'' Christian Gottlieb Hertel, Leipzig 1779, p. 227.
Coins of the Holy Roman Empire
History of Saxony
History of Bohemia
History of Silesia