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The more generally used currency system until 1813, however, was the Danish rigsdaler worth 1 1 ⁄ 2 krone (or schlecht daler), 6 marks, or 96 skilling. [3] [4] [5] The Danish rigsdaler used in the 18th century was a common system shared with the silver reichsthalers of Norway, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein.
From 1625 to 1873, one Danish skilling (pronounced [ˈske̝lˀe̝ŋ]) was equivalent to 1 ⁄ 96 of a rigsdaler. The word is still used colloquially for a small but unspecified amount of money ("lille skilling"). King Christian IX abolished the rigsdaler and skilling in favor of the kroner and ører in 1873.
In 1784 and 1785, some Danish 5 rigsdaler courant notes were reissued for use in the West Indies with new denomination of 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 rigsdaler printed on the previously blank reverses. Regular issues began in 1788 with denominations of 20, 50 and 100 rigsdaler. 5 and 10 rigsdaler notes were added in 1806 when the 20 rigsdaler denomination was ...
Banknotes were issued denominated in francs. The franc was equal to the French franc, with text on the reverse of the banknotes (see ) giving the value in Danish kroner and øre, with 1 franc = 72 øre. The daler was replaced by the U.S. dollar 17 years after the Danish West Indies became the U.S. Virgin Islands in 1934, with 1 dollar = 1.0363 ...
An equal valued krone/krona of the monetary union replaced the three Scandinavian currencies at the rate of 1 krone/krona = 1 ⁄ 2 Danish rigsdaler = 1 ⁄ 4 Norwegian speciedaler = 1 Swedish riksdaler riksmynt.
Rixdollar is the English term for silver coinage used throughout the European continent [1] (German: Reichsthaler, Dutch: rijksdaalder, Danish: rigsdaler, Swedish: riksdaler). The same term was also used of currency in Cape Colony and Ceylon. However, the Rixdollar only existed as a coin in Ceylon.
1745–47 From Kronprinsessen 's ship's protocol, 1748.. Kronprinsessen a Danmark was captained by E. Sporing on her first expedition to Tranquebar. She set sail from Copenhagen on 15 December 1745, carrying a cargo with a total value of 130,000 Danish rigsdaler of which 121,629 rigsdaler (94%) was silver and the rest (8,371 rigsdaler) was "other metals".
As in Denmark, the krone replaced the rigsdaler in 1874 at a rate of 2 kroner = 1 rigsdaler. All issues of the krone in Greenland have been equivalent in value to the Danish krone. During the last part of the 19th century, while still a Danish colony, several mining companies operating in Greenland issued their own currencies.