Duplone

{{Short description|Former Swiss currency}} The '''duplone''' was a currency used in various Swiss cantons in the late 1700s and early 1800s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dictionary of the Coins of the World [D] |url=http://www.treasurerealm.com/coinpapers/dictionary/D.html |website=Treasure Realm |accessdate=7 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="CAB">{{cite web |title=Gold Duplone |url=http://www.coinandbullionpages.com/gold-coins/gold-duplone.html |website=Coin and Bullion Pages |accessdate=7 September 2019}}</ref> Although there is a wide range of conversions due to the differing sizes and gold contents of different canton's duplones, 1 duplone is generally equal to 16 franken.<ref>{{cite web |title=16 Franken (Duplone) 1800 |url=http://smh.net/en/77100121.html |website=Schoeller Münzen Edelmetalle |accessdate=7 September 2019}}</ref> This conversion is exact in both the cantons of Graubünden and Berne.<ref>{{cite web |title=Coins of the Helvetic Republic |url=https://www.moneymuseum.com/pdf/yesterday/05_Modern_Times/04(03)%20Coins%20of%20the%20Helvetic%20Republic.pdf |website=Money Museum |accessdate=7 September 2019 |page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Jan Gyllenbok |authorlink1=Jan Gyllenbok |title=Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures, Volume 3 |date=2018 |publisher=Birkhäuser |isbn=9783319667126 |page=271 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IJJVDwAAQBAJ&q=duplone+currency&pg=PA2234 |accessdate=7 September 2019}}</ref> Duplones had a consistent gold fineness of 0.900 (just below 22 karats)<ref>{{cite web |title=Information on Coin Specifications |url=http://www.americangoldinvesting.com/coinspecs.htm |website=American Gold Investing |accessdate=7 September 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410230926/http://www.americangoldinvesting.com/coinspecs.htm |archivedate=10 April 2010}}</ref> across Switzerland.<ref name="CAB" />

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Category:Currencies of Switzerland Category:Modern obsolete currencies