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Electorate of Saxony, Reichstaler from 1575 from the Dresden mint, Mmz. HB. The Reichsthaler (German: [ˈʁaɪçsˌtaːlɐ]; modern spelling Reichstaler), 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 for the next 300 years, and containing 25–26 grams fine ...
The Prussian Thaler (sometimes Prussian Reichsthaler) was the currency of Prussia until 1857. In 1750, Johann Philipp Graumann implemented the Graumannscher Fuß with 14 thalers issued to a Cologne Mark of fine silver, or 16.704 g per thaler.
It defined the thaler and gulden currency units in relation to the Reichsthaler specie coin, as follows: The Reichsthaler Specie is issued 9 to a Cologne Mark of fine silver, or 25.984 g; The North German Thaler currency of 24 gutegroschen is 3 ⁄ 4 of specie, or 12 to a Mark, or 19.488 g silver; and
From 1754, many German states used the Conventionsthaler as well as a lower-valued North German thaler or Reichsthaler worth 3 ⁄ 4 the Conventionsthaler. From 1840 the various North German thalers converged to the value of the Prussian thaler and afterwards the Vereinsthaler. The corresponding English silver coin of the period was the crown.
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As of 1690 the Gulden used in Southern Germany and the Austrian Empire adhered to the Leipzig standard, with the Gulden worth 1 ⁄ 18 a Cologne Mark of fine silver or 1 ⁄ 2 the Reichsthaler specie coin, or 12.992 g per Gulden. Below is a history (in terms of grams of silver) of the standards of the South German Gulden from 1690 until the ...
The mark used in the market of Cologne (Cologne mark: 233.856 g, 8.2490 oz) was used to define the value of the official gold and silver currencies of the Holy Roman Empire including the Reichsthaler silver coin. In 1566, a Reichsthaler was introduced of which 9 were to be minted from a Cologne mark of fine silver.
Rixdollar is the English term for silver coinage used throughout the European continent [1] (German: Reichsthaler, Dutch: rijksdaalder, Danish: rigsdaler, Swedish: riksdaler). The same term was also used of currency in Cape Colony and Ceylon. However, the Rixdollar only existed as a coin in Ceylon.