Reichsguldiner
The Reichsguldiner (other names Reichsguldener , Guldentaler ) is a large silver coin provided for in the second Augsburg Imperial Coin Order of 1559. The Reichsguldiner should have a value of 60 kreuzers and be minted from a silver alloy of 930.5 / 1000 with a rough weight of 24.6 g. The reverse of the coin should bear the double-headed imperial eagle and an imperial orb with the value 60.
The introduction of the Reichsguldiner actually only took place in the south-west German areas. The Electorate of Saxony , which is rich in silver, as well as the North, West and Central German imperial estates did not shape any imperial guilders. Instead, they held on to the taler that had already been introduced there . In the following Imperial Coin Order of 1566, the thaler was then set as the official large silver coin of the Holy Roman Empire in place of the imperial guldiner (see Reichstaler ).
See also
- Illustration of a Nuremberg Reichsguldiners from 1641
literature
- Tyll Kroha : Reichsguldiner. Numismatic Lexicon. Bertelsmann-Lexikonverlag, Gütersloh 1977, p. 363.
- Tyll Kroha: Augsburg Imperial Coin Order (s). Numismatic Lexicon. Bertelsmann-Lexikonverlag, Gütersloh 1977. p. 43.