Coin base weight

In the German states, at the beginning of 1834, Thalers were issued to several standards: The weight shown was the fine silver content in each case.

The Prussian specification of 233.855 grams became the binding coin base weight for the states participating in the Dresden Coinage Treaty.

Thaler subdivisions that were minted as currency coins, whose nominal value thus also corresponded to their silver value, could also state their relationship to the Cologne Mark in the inscription.

The Saxon 1⁄12 Thaler of 1763 in the photograph is inscribed with CLX EINE FEINE MARCK; confirming that 160 of these coins corresponded to the total weight of the Cologne Mark.

This reduction in weight remained theoretical because the difference was within the manufacturing tolerances common at the time.