From the 1750s it was identical to the Hanoverian thaler at 1/12 a Cologne Mark of fine silver.
From 1848, it was equal to the Prussian Thaler at 1/14 a Mark.
[1] The thaler was subdivided into 48 Schillinge, each of 12 Pfenninge.
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