Category:Peresuru mienu (gold weight)

The Peresuru mienu is a historical gold weight of the Akan in Ghana and the Ivory Coast for the weighing of gold dust.

The name "Peresuru mienu" means "the double of one Peresuru".

Theoretical weight:

- 18.4296 g (Abel for 84 Taku)

- 18.72 g (Garrard for 72 Taku)

- 18.7264 g (Abel for 128 Ba)

- 18.8 g (Garrard for 2 Peresuru)

Real weight:

- 18.5 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.052 in the "Muséum de Toulouse") (Brass stool figure)

- 18.5 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.053 in the "Muséum de Toulouse") (Brass figure of an Akan stool)

- 18.5 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.013 in the "Muséum de Toulouse") (Brass scorpion figure)

- 18.7 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.068 in the "Muséum de Toulouse") (Brass leopard figure)

- 18.8 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.057 in the "Muséum de Toulouse") (Brass drum figure)

- 18.8 g (Inventory number MHNT.ETH.2010.25.065 in the "Muséum de Toulouse") (Brass figure of a chameleon with a ring of metal around the neck as an additionnal weight.)

Value equivalents:

1 Peresuru mienu = 2 Peresuru

1 Peresuru mienu = 84 Taku = 128 Ba (Abel)

1 Peresuru mienu = 72 Taku (Garrard)

240 Taku = 40 Ackies (Abel)

120 Taku = 1 Ounce (Garrard)

(1 Ounce = 16 Ackies (European trade))