The following tables will be found useful:
English Money, with French, German and Italian Equivalents.
| ENGLISH. | FRENCH. | GERMAN. | ITALIAN. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | Fr. | C. | Mark | Pf. | Lire | Cent. |
| 50 | 0 | 0 | 1250 | 00 | 1000 | 00 | 1260 | 00 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 250 | 00 | 200 | 00 | 252 | 00 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 00 | 100 | 00 | 126 | 00 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 00 | 80 | 00 | 100 | 80 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 00 | 20 | 00 | 25 | 20 |
| 16 | 0 | 20 | 00 | 16 | 00 | 20 | 16 | |
| 10 | 0 | 12 | 50 | 10 | 00 | 12 | 60 | |
| 5 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 00 | 6 | 30 | |
| 4 | 0 | 5 | 00 | 4 | 00 | 5 | 04 | |
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 12.5 | 2 | 50 | 3 | 15 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 00 | 1 | 25 | |
| 6 | 62.5 | 50 | 62 | |||||
| 5 | 52 | 41 | 52 | |||||
| 4 | 41 | 33 | 41 | |||||
| 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | |||||
| ½ | 5 | 4 | 5 | |||||
French, German and Italian Money, with English Equivalents.
| FRENCH. | ENGLISH. | GERMAN. | ENGLISH. | ITALIAN. | ENGLISH. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||||||
| 50 | francs | = | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | mark | = | 1 | 0 | 50 | lire | = | 1 | 19 | 8 |
| 20 | " | = | 16 | 0 | 8 | pfennig | = | 1 | 20 | " | = | 16 | 0 | |||
| 5 | " | = | 4 | 0 | 4 | pfennig | = | ½ | 5 | " | = | 4 | 0 | |||
| 1 | franc | = | 10 | 1 | lira | = | 9½ | |||||||||
| 10 | centimes | = | 1 | 10 | centesimi | = | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | " | = | ½ | 5 | " | = | ½ | |||||||||
Considerable use is also made by Esperantists of the International Auxiliary Money-unit (Internacia Helpa Mono) introduced by M. René de Saussure, of the Internacia Scienca Asocio, Geneva. The unit is the Speso, equivalent to one-tenth of a farthing in English money.
- 10 spesoj (abbr. 10 s.) = 1 spesdeko (1 sd.) = ¼d.
- 100 spesdekoj (100 sd.) = 1 spesmilo (1 sm.) = 2s. 0d.
- 1 sm. = 100 sd. = 1,000 s.
The approximate values of 10 spesmiloj in terms of the various national units are as follows: 10 spesmiloj = 25 francs = 20 shillings = 20 marks = 5 dollars = 24 Austrian kroner = 18 Scandinavian kroner = 12 Dutch florins = 9½ roubles = 4½ Portuguese milreis = 9 Brazilian milreis = 5 pesetas = 9¾ yen.
The chief point to remember is that 1 spesmilo equals 2 shillings, and 1 spesdeko equals approximately 1 farthing.