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<p>[QUOTE="talerman, post: 4536336, member: 89314"]I did not post it and I don't know the link to which you are referring.</p><p>A Taler was originally 60 Kreuzer but it got devalued over the centuries and the Kreuzer equivalent changed too. The Tyrol Guldiner of 1486, where Talers originated, weighed 31.93 g with 29.93 g of silver (0.9375), and was worth 60 Kreuzer. The Habsburg Guldiner in 1524 was also worth 60 Kreuzer but the weight had shrunk to 28.82 g, with a silver content of 25.78 g (0.895). The Reichsmünzordnung (Imperial Coinage Ordinance) of 1559 laid down a standard for a Reichsgulden of 24.62 g with a silver content of 22.89 g (0.931) but worth 60 Kreuzer. The 1566 Reichsmünzordnung laid down a standard for the Reichstaler of 29.23 g with a silver content of 25.98 (0.889) worth 68 Kreuzer or 24 Groschen. The Habsburgs in their own lands in 1573 struck Talers with a wt. of 28.82 g and silver content of 25.78 g (0.8945) but worth 70 Kreuzer.</p><p><br /></p><p>The process continued with new monetary standards too numerous to recount in detail. With a lot of below standard coinage being struck in the second half of the 17th century (the second Kipperzeit) Saxony and Brandenburg signed a monetary agreement at Zinna in 1668. Under the Zinna Standard the old Reichstaler were worth 105 Kreuzer and the standard centred on a Gulden or 2/3 Taler with a silver content of 14.819 g ( just over half the wt. of the old Half Taler ! ) worth 60 Kreuzer. However, in South Germany many mints were striking Gulden worth only 50 or even 40 Kreuzer. In 1690 Brandenburg, Saxony and Brunswick-Luneburg signed a new monetary treatment at Leipzig. The Gulden was given a weight of 17.322 g but with a silver content of only 12.922 g. The old Reichstaler, increasingly called Speciestaler to distinguish it from lesser Talers, were now worth 120 Kreuzer !</p><p><br /></p><p>The Convention Taler was introduced in Austria in 1750 and in Bavaria in 1753 and gradually spread across southern Germany and to Saxony. It had 23.385 grams of silver (10 to the fine Cologne mark). The Gulden of 60 Kreuzer was worth 1/2 Konventionstaler. </p><p>When the Taler was finally discontinued in favour of the Mark coinage in 1873, it weighed but 18.4 g (0.906 fine). </p><p><br /></p><p>(The main source of all this is <i>Vom Taler zu Dollar 1486-1986</i> by Hess & Klose (Staatliche Münzsammlung, Munich 1986).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="talerman, post: 4536336, member: 89314"]I did not post it and I don't know the link to which you are referring. A Taler was originally 60 Kreuzer but it got devalued over the centuries and the Kreuzer equivalent changed too. The Tyrol Guldiner of 1486, where Talers originated, weighed 31.93 g with 29.93 g of silver (0.9375), and was worth 60 Kreuzer. The Habsburg Guldiner in 1524 was also worth 60 Kreuzer but the weight had shrunk to 28.82 g, with a silver content of 25.78 g (0.895). The Reichsmünzordnung (Imperial Coinage Ordinance) of 1559 laid down a standard for a Reichsgulden of 24.62 g with a silver content of 22.89 g (0.931) but worth 60 Kreuzer. The 1566 Reichsmünzordnung laid down a standard for the Reichstaler of 29.23 g with a silver content of 25.98 (0.889) worth 68 Kreuzer or 24 Groschen. The Habsburgs in their own lands in 1573 struck Talers with a wt. of 28.82 g and silver content of 25.78 g (0.8945) but worth 70 Kreuzer. The process continued with new monetary standards too numerous to recount in detail. With a lot of below standard coinage being struck in the second half of the 17th century (the second Kipperzeit) Saxony and Brandenburg signed a monetary agreement at Zinna in 1668. Under the Zinna Standard the old Reichstaler were worth 105 Kreuzer and the standard centred on a Gulden or 2/3 Taler with a silver content of 14.819 g ( just over half the wt. of the old Half Taler ! ) worth 60 Kreuzer. However, in South Germany many mints were striking Gulden worth only 50 or even 40 Kreuzer. In 1690 Brandenburg, Saxony and Brunswick-Luneburg signed a new monetary treatment at Leipzig. The Gulden was given a weight of 17.322 g but with a silver content of only 12.922 g. The old Reichstaler, increasingly called Speciestaler to distinguish it from lesser Talers, were now worth 120 Kreuzer ! The Convention Taler was introduced in Austria in 1750 and in Bavaria in 1753 and gradually spread across southern Germany and to Saxony. It had 23.385 grams of silver (10 to the fine Cologne mark). The Gulden of 60 Kreuzer was worth 1/2 Konventionstaler. When the Taler was finally discontinued in favour of the Mark coinage in 1873, it weighed but 18.4 g (0.906 fine). (The main source of all this is [I]Vom Taler zu Dollar 1486-1986[/I] by Hess & Klose (Staatliche Münzsammlung, Munich 1986).[/QUOTE]
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