The Speciesthaler, also Speciestaler or Speziestaler, was a type of silver specie coin that was widespread from the 17th to the 19th century and was based on the 9-Thaler standard of the original Reichsthaler.
The 1566 Imperial Minting Ordinance of the Holy Roman Empire stipulated that 9 Reichsthalers were to be coined a fine Cologne Mark of silver (ca.
The official Reichstaler to the 9-Thaler standard thus had a calculated fine silver content of 25.984 g.[1][2] Speciestaler was a common name in (Northern) Germany and Scandinavia in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Speciesthalers are mostly silver coins with an embossed head or bust image of the mint owner.
In 1619, the Reichstaler to a 9-Thaler standard was designated as a value-stable accounting unit of the Hamburger Bank and referred to as the Bankothaler or Banco-Thaler.