The duplone was a currency used in various

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in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Although there is a wide range of conversions due to the differing sizes and gold contents of different canton's duplones, 1 duplone is generally equal to 16 franken. This conversion is exact in both the cantons of Graubünden and

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. Duplones had a consistent gold fineness of 0.900 (just below 22 karats) across Switzerland.

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