Currency table

Money circulating in Austria at Beethoven's time

1. Money of the Austrian empire and Hereditary Lands

1753-1858 Convention coins (C.M.)
1 thaler = 2 florins (fl.C.M.) = 120 kreuzers
1 Penny = 3 kreuzers
Bohemia: 1 Gröschl = ¾ kreuzer
Vorlande: 10 kreuzers C.M. = 12 kreuzers (Hereditary Land)

Gold coins
1 Ducat = 4 fl.C.M. 30 kreuzers (official rate 1786-1858)

1762-1811 Vienna Banco-Zettel (B.Z.)
1796 1 fl.C.M. = 1 fl.B.Z.
1800 1 fl.C.M. = 1.15 fl.B.Z.
1805 1 fl.C.M. = 1.5 fl.B.Z.
1810 1 fl.C.M. = 4.92 fl.B.Z.
1811 1 fl.C.M. = up to 10.94 fl.B.Z.

After 1811 Vienna currency (W.W.)
1 florin W.W.= 5 fl.B.Z
30 kreuzers B.Z. divisional coins = 6 kreuzers W.W.
15 kreuzers B.Z. divisional coins = 3 kreuzers W.W

1811 1 fl.C.M. = 2.19 fl.W.W.
1813 1 fl.C.M. = 1.59 fl.W.W.
1815 1 fl.C.M. = 3.51 fl.W.W.
1816 1 fl.C.M. = 3.27 fl.W.W.
1819 1 fl.C.M. = 2.49 fl.W.W.

1816 Return to the Convention coins
1 fl.C.M. = 2.5 fl.W.W. = 12.5 fl.B.Z. (fixed rate from 1820 onwards)
3 kreuzers W.W. = 3/5 kreuzer C.M.

2. Value of foreign coins in Convention coins

Gold coins
1 Doppia (Milan) = 7 fl.C.M. 12 kr.
1 Ducat (Italy, Bavaria, Salzburg, Netherlands, etc.) = 4 fl.C.M. 18 kr. - 4 fl.C.M. 28 kr.
1 Louis d´or (France) = 7 fl.C.M. 20 kr. - 9 fl.C.M. 12 kr.
1 Max d´or (Bavaria) = 5 fl.C.M. 54 kr. - 6 fl.C.M. 45 kr.
1 Pistole = approx. 7 fl.C.M. 30 kr.
1 Souverain d´or = 13 fl.C.M. 20 kr.

Silver coins
1 Kronenthaler (Netherlands and other) = 2 fl.C.M. 12 kr.
1 Laubthaler (France) = 2 fl.C.M. 16 kr.
1 Pound (Britain) = 10-11 fl.C.M.
1 Reichsthaler (Prussia) = 1 fl.C.M. 30 kr.
1 Ruble (Russia) = 1 fl.C.M. 40 Kr.
1 Scudo (Milan) = 1 fl.C.M. 46 kr. - 2 fl.C.M.

Approximate conversion rate to Euro
1790 1 fl.C.M. = 23.982 Euro
1830 1 fl.C.M. = 15.458 Euro

fl.=florin; kr.=kreuzer