Any Idea About The Denomination Of This German Coin?

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wonghinghi Pillar of the Community Hong Kong 1270 Posts	Posted 05/10/2013 10:51 am The Standard Catalog of World Coins states the denomination of this coin Thaler (Krone), the standard weight and silver content of it is 29.34 grams and 0.868. It differs from other thalers of the same era, the latters are of lower weight and silver content, say, 28.06 and 0.83 silver. I know Bavaria followed the standards of Holy Roman Empire (Hapsburg Austria) before the conquer of Napoleon. The weight 28.06 grams and 0.833 silver content was complied with the Convention Standard for Silver Coin Sept. 21 1753. But how come this odd coin of weight 29.34 grams and 0.868 silver content? Who can tell me why there is a difference in specification of this thaler (Krone) with others of the same period of time? Also, do anyone knows the meaning of "Krone", what does it indicate? Thank you for your help! Henry Report this Post to the Staff

regandon New Member United States 34 Posts	Posted 05/10/2013 11:08 am The Kronenthaler was issued in 1755 in the Austrian Netherlands. It contained one ninth of a Cologne mark of silver and was thus equal to the Reichsthaler. After the Austrian Netherlands was occupied by France, several German states such as Bavaria, Baden, Hesse-Darmstadt and Württemberg issued the Kronenthaler, as it had become a popular trade coin. Report this Post to the Staff
wonghinghi Pillar of the Community Hong Kong 1270 Posts	Posted 05/10/2013 11:26 am Yes, thank you regandon. This means it is a Kronenthaler of Austrian Netherlands type. The specification of Kronenthaler (19 July 1755) was 29.44 grams and 0.873 Ag content while for Bavaria, it was 29.34 grams and 0.868 Ag content. The overall silver of Bavarian Kronenthaler was a bit lower than those Austrian Netherlands. The two types of Kronenthaler were not exactly the same but both could be used as Trade dollars. Austria stopped to produce Kronenthaler from the beginning of 19th Century, Bavaria, at the side of Nepoleon, got a great chance to introduce her Trade dollars...Thanks again regandon, you solve my problem. I can't imagine I get the answer so quickly before my posting. Report this Post to the Staff
wonghinghi Pillar of the Community Hong Kong 1270 Posts	Posted 05/13/2013 08:41 am Can anyone help to tell the meaning of the edge letters of this coin? What kind of language is? Thank you, Henry. "BAIERISCHER KRONTHALER" Report this Post to the Staff
platinrubel Valued Member Austria 194 Posts	Posted 05/13/2013 09:47 am "BAIERISCHER KRONTHALER" is german and means bavarian crown taler. kronentaler was the name of this coins because of the design. by the way: do not trust the informations about german monetary conventions in your standard catalog. they are wrong. the authors did mix the dates of minimum 4 different coin-conventions of different german areas/countries and the fineness and meassures together. Report this Post to the Staff
wonghinghi Pillar of the Community Hong Kong 1270 Posts	Posted 05/13/2013 10:17 am Thank you platinrubel. Henry Report this Post to the Staff
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