The schock was a historical

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in the

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as well as in

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and

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. In the Kingdom of Saxony, a distinction was made, based on the old use of the word, whereby 1 ''schock'' = 60 units: * 1 old shock = 60 small ''schockgroschen'' = 20 good ''groschen'', it corresponded to of a Convention ''guilders'' = 75 ''

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''; * 1 new or heavy ''schock'' = 60 good ''groschen'' = 3 old ''schocks'', worth of a Convention gulden = 225 kreuzers. There were also different units of currency called the ''schock'' in Bohemia and Silesia (Czech '' kopa''): * 1 old Bohemian ''schock'' = 60 ''Böhmen'', worth ''

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'' = 3 Convention ''guilders'' = 180 ''kreuzers''; * 1 new or small Bohemian ''schock' = 40 ''Böhmen'' = old bohemian ''schocks'', whereby 1 ''Speciesthaler'' = 2 Convention ''guilders'' = 60 double ''kreuzers''; * 1 schock ''Gröschel'' = 60 ''Gröschel'' = old Bohemian ''schocks'', corresponding to {{fraction, 3, 4 Convention ''guilders'' = 45 ''kreuzers'' = 180 ''

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s''. A ''Böhmen'' (lit.: "Bohemia") was the name of the ''groschen'' in Prague and Bohemia; a ''Gröschel'' was also called a ''Fledermaus'' ("bat").

Literature

* Johann Friedrich Krüger: ''Vollständiges Handbuch der Münzen, Maße und Gewichte aller Länder der Erde.'' Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg/Leipzig 1830, p. 94. * Johann Jacob Ebert: ''Unterweisung in den philosophischen und mathematischen Wissenschaften: für die obern Classen der Schulen und Gymnasien.'' Christian Gottlieb Hertel, Leipzig 1779, p. 227. Coins of the Holy Roman Empire History of Saxony History of Bohemia History of Silesia