Zinna coin agreement

The Zinna Coin Treaty of 1667 was concluded in the Zinna Monastery , approx. 50 km south of Berlin , between Kurbrandenburg and Electoral Saxony to standardize their coinage. The coin agreement defines the 10½ thaler footprint ("10½ thaler foot", Zinnaer Münzfuß ).

The two states agreed to keep the 9 thaler foot of the Imperial Coin Order of 1559/66 for the thaler as the coin footer, but to use the divisional coins more easily, namely in the 10½ thaler foot.

When the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg joined the treaty in 1668, it was agreed that the 10½ thaler foot would also be used on the 2/3, 1/3 and 1/6 thaler coins.

See also

• German monetary history before 1871
• Coin Contract
• Mint Dresden - The coins of the mint / taler coins after the introduction of the Zinnaic foot (1667–1690) and the Leipzig foot (1690–1763)
• Valuation of the Speciesreichstaler in Zinnai currency and the value of the Kuranttaler
• Saxon history of coins / The issue after the Treaty of Zinna 1667

literature

• Wolfgang Trapp : Small handbook of coinage and the monetary system in Germany. Reclam-Verlag, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-15-018026-0 .