Coin to Arolsen
The Arolsen Mint was a mint operated by the County of Waldeck in Arolsen in the 18th and first half of the 19th century . The mint closed in 1842. The mint had been housed in the west wing of the royal residential palace at Arolsen since at least 1734 . RF Welle was mint master in Arolsen in 1813 .
In 1837 the new silver groschen based on Prussian coins were minted on a large scale in Arolsen with a view to joining the Zollverein . At that time, the mint was a subsidiary of a blacksmith and was minted for the last time in 1839. Subsequent Waldeck minting orders went to Prussian mints.
Individual evidence
- ^ Louis Friedrich Christian Curtze (1850): History and description of the principality of Waldeck: a manual for friends of the fatherland, Speyer. P. 458
- ^ Friedrich Seidel (1965): The social question in German history: with special consideration of the former principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont; an overview of the history of teaching. F. Steiner; P. 148
- ^ Christiane Heinemann (1983): Nine hundred years of history of the Jews in Hesse: Contributions to political, economic and cultural life. Commission for the History of the Jews in Hesse ; P. 312
- ↑ Article "Waldeck" (1851) In: Complete pocket book of the coin, measure and weight ratios, government papers, bills of exchange and banking and the customs of all countries and trading venues . Supplements: Alessandria - Zurich. Zwoll, Petersburg. P. 1339
- ↑ Winfried Speitkamp (2010): Population, Economy and State in Hessen: 1806 - 1945. Historical Commission for Hessen, p. 255