Finances

Portuguese Currency Conversion Table into British Pounds: 1809

1 Portuguese Dollar = 40 Vintems

1 Portuguese Vintem = 25 Reis

1 Portuguese Dollar = 4 British shillings 6 pence

1 Portuguese Vintem = about 1.25 British pence1

1 Reis = 1/19th of a British pence

1 Milreis = 1000 Reis = 1 Portugese Dollar

1 British Shilling = 238 Reis

1 British Pound = 4.4 Portuguese Dollars

Note: One pound equals 20 shillings; 1 shilling equals 12 pence

Source: Dickson, Alexander: The Dickson Manuscripts Volume 1; edited by John Leslie; Ken Trotman, Cambridge; 1988. P. xi

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