Speciestaler

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The Speciestaler even speciedaler , is a popular until the 19th century of 17 type silver coins, the Taler--9 at the monetary standard based the original Empire thaler. In historical sources the spelling Speciesthaler is often found , in Scandinavian sources the term Speciesdaler . An abbreviation as a species was also common.

General

The Imperial Coin Order of the Holy Roman Empire of 1566 stipulated that 9 Reichstalers were to be minted from a fine Cologne mark of silver (approx. 234 g). The official Reichstaler based on the 9 thaler foot thus had a calculated fine silver content of 25.984 g.

Speciestaler was a common name in the (northern) German and Scandinavian countries in the 18th and 19th centuries. The word component -taler goes back to the successor of the Joachimsthaler Guldiner . The word component species comes from Latin species 'face' or medium lat. 'Bust' back: Speciestaler are mostly silver coins with a distinctive head or bust of the mint owner. For examples, see Mint Dresden / The coins of the mint and mint Leipzig / Final closure - Speciestaler of the Electors Friedrich Christian and Friedrich August III.

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Regional characteristics

Holy Roman Empire

  • Hannover: Species Thaler (1738-1802) in 8 / 9 fineness after 9 Thaler foot
  • Hamburg: species Bank Credits (3 Bank Mark ) in 8 / 9 fineness after 9 Thaler foot
  • Austria
    • fine convention species Thaler (purity 24.808 instead of 25.984 g) in 5 / 6 fineness (10 Speciestaler from the rough Wiener marrow or 10 Wiener from the fine Kölnischen Mark)
    • 1852 into 9 / 10 fineness

See also: Butterfly thaler - Description of the coins : Conversion of the nominal value of the Reichsmünzfußes into the nominal value of the Leipzig mint

Denmark with Schleswig and Holstein

  • since before 1619 Speciesdaler (4 rig markers at 20 Skillinger Currentmönt) in 9 ¼ thaler feet
  • since 1776 only species ; in the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein from 1788 = 60 schillings schleswig-holsteinisch Courant
  • Species , Rigsdaler Species and Speciesdaler were from 1800 to 1808 under Christian VII, about 1825 to 1838 under Friedrich VI. and minted in 1848/49 under Friedrich VII.
  • also a 2 Rigsdaler coin in the 9¼ thaler foot was struck in 1868 under Christian IX.

Fineness: 14-solder silver = 875/1000. At the beginning of the 19th century, waren species (40 shillings), ⅓ species (20 shillings), 1/6 species (10 shillings), 1/12 species (5 shillings) and 1/24 species (2 ½ shillings) in circulation.

Poland

  • from 1697 Convention speciedaler (divided into 8 Złote polski foot 10 pounds) after the Wiener in 5 / 6 fineness
  • 1787-1791 reducing the fineness 13 / 16

Other countries

  • Norway: from 1814 speciedaler of ⅞ fineness (5 rigsort to 24 skilling)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.muenzen-lexikon.de/lexikon/s/ps242.html ( Memento from November 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ kruenitz1.uni-trier.de
  3. ^ Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 18. Leipzig 1909, p. 724. ( online ), accessed on September 17, 2013.
  4. ↑ Pierer's Universal Lexikon, Volume 16. Altenburg 1863, pp. 510-511. ( online ), accessed September 17, 2013.
  5. ↑ Paul Arnold, Harald Klüthmann, Dieter Fassbender (2006) Large German coin catalog from 1800 to today. 22., revised and expanded edition 2006/2007 by Dieter Faßbender. Battenberg Verlag, Regenstauf, pp. 423-428.