Reichsthaler
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The Reichsthaler, or more specifically the Reichsthaler specie, was a standard thaler silver coin introduced by the Holy Roman Empire in 1566 for use in all German states, minted in various versions f
Electorate of Saxony, Reichstaler from 1575 from the Dresden mint, Mmz. HB
Wilhelm von Rosenberg
Conventionsthaler
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The Conventionstaler or Konventionstaler, was a standard silver coin in the Austrian Empire and the southern German states of the Holy Roman Empire from the mid-18th to early 19th-centuries. Its most
Reichsthaler
…g gold or 1.2 x14.5 = 17.4 g silver. From 1754 many North German states implemented the Austrian Conventions standard with the thaler issued at 3⁄4 a Conventionsthaler, or 131⁄3 to a Mark, or 17.5392 g fine silver. From 1840 many North German states adopted the Prussian thaler standard of 14 to a Mark, or 16.704 g…
Konventionsthalers: Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1822; Frederick Augustus I, King of Saxony, 1813, Dresden Mint