A silver escalin from 1750
After hundreds of copper coins, silver at last. About the escalin: what it was worth, how to read it, what the soil did to it, and a story I made up for it.
Silver escalin of Maria Theresa, 1750
Details
What could it buy?
An escalin (7 stuivers) was almost a full day's pay: a labourer earned 8 to 10 stuivers a day. It bought about five pounds of ordinary bread or four litres of beer.
Approximate, in the prices and wages of the time.
The story
Silver escalin from 1750, struck under Maria Theresa in the Austrian Netherlands. The coin is still legible despite the wear.
Stories
