Johann Philipp Graumann was a German business mathematician, an expert on exchange rates and coinage, mint master in Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Berlin, a mercantilist, and Prussian financial adviso
In the 18th century half of the Palais am Festungsgraben was occupied by J.P. Graumann; Prussian Ministry of Finance in the 1930s.
In the middle the Friedrichswerder city counsel (nr. 25) can be seen. To the north along the Spreekanal and the Unterwasserstrasse, was the old mint. Detail Berliner Stadtansicht von Schultz, 1688.
8 Gute Groschen (⅓ Reichstaler) von 1754, Münzzeichen: A, Münzstätte Berlin
A Münzfuß is an historical term, used especially in the Holy Roman Empire, for an official minting or coinage standard that determines how many coins of a given type were to be struck from a specified
Johann Philipp Graumann
…the Prussian coins to the status of a reserve currency. Graumann was portrayed by his contemporaries as a dreamer. With only a slight modification, his coin standard remained in place in Germany until 1907. Not much is known about Graumann's early life, but for many years his father was in the service of Augustus…
Coin standard (14 Thaler standard) on an 1846 Hanoverian Thaler