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Exchange Rates

£1 in 1600 would be worth about £130 in 2014.

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There were 20 shillings to the pound and twelve pennies to the shilling.

One crown was worth five shillings.

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(approximate for the period)

One gold ducat was worth seven shillings.

One silver ducat was worth 5s 6d.

One pesos de oro was worth 8s 3d.

One real was worth six pennies.

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34 maravedis = one real.

8 reals = one peso.

One pound weight (lb) = 0.45 kilograms.

One hundredweight (cwt) = 50.8 kilograms.

One foot = 30 centimetres.