Finnish pre-industrial currency converter, 1534-1880

Turunen, Riina; Voutilainen, Miikka. (2022). Finnish pre-industrial currency converter, 1534-1880. V. 3.10.2022. University of Jyväskylä. https://doi.org/10.17011/jyx/dataset/83490.

All authors: Turunen, Riina; Voutilainen, Miikka

Funders: Research Council of Finland; University of Jyväskylä

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Availability and identifiers

Availability: Direct download

Publication year: 2022

URN identifier in original repository: http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202210074819

DOI identifier in original repository: https://doi.org/10.17011/jyx/dataset/83490

URN identifier in JYX: http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202210074819

DOI identifier in JYX: https://doi.org/10.17011/jyx/dataset/83490

Description of the dataset

Description: The question of the monetary value of products and services touches on historical research in may ways. For those studying the pre-industrial era, the values measured in money is complicated by the fact that several currencies were typically in use at once. In addition, some of the currencies were physical, circulating money, while some were used only as conceptual currencies to determine monetary value. New currencies were also introduced relatively frequently, and the value of the currency could be changed quickly by policy decisions. The exchange rate converter for the Finnish pre-industrial currencies (1534—1880) includes the mutual exchange rates of the main domestic currencies that were in use in the Finnish region. Its purpose is to facilitate both academic research of history and, for example, genealogy.

Language: Finnish

Free keywords: currency; money; exchange rate; early modern period; pre-industrial period; Finland; Sweden; Russia; monetary history; ruble; riksdaler; daler; mark; assignat ruble; paper ruble; copper thaler; silver thaler; multiple currencies; exchange rate converter

Keywords (YSO): rates of exchange; ruble; Thaler; Finnish markka; pre-industrial society

Fields of science: 615 History and Archaeology

Do you deal with data concerning special categories of personal data in your research?: No

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