Reichs-Gulden

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Gulden zu 60 Kreuzer Isenburg-Büdingen: Marie Charlotte, Vormundin (1673-1685), 1676

History

Coin minted according to the 2nd Augsburger Reichsmünzordnung of 1559 which specified that a Reichs-Gulden of 60 Kreuzer was to become the official coin of the Holy Roman Empire. Its metal weight was to be 24.63 g, the fineness 930/1000, the silver weight 22.9 g. The regular design showed the Imperial eagle and orb (Reichsadler and Reichsapfel) and noted 60 in the center. As most north and central German territories did not accept the new legislation gulden became prominent only in southern Germany and Austria (Guldenländer). The Reichsmünzedikt of 1566 acknowledged the Reichsthaler as official currency of the Holy Roman Empire. 2 Reichs-Gulden matched 1 Reichsthaler minted (species) or 3 Reichsthaler of the international currency unit. Accounts were held in most gulden territories in Reichs-Gulden of 60 Kreutzer, the Kreutzer of 4 Pfennige with the following subdivisions:

1 Ducat = 4 Gulden
1 Species Thaler = 2 Gulden
1 Reichsthaler = 1½ Gulden
1 Gulden / fl. = 60 Kreutzer
= 240 Pfennige
1 Halber Gulden = 30 Kreutzer
1 Kopfstück = 20 Kreutzer
1 Ort (Fünffzehner) = 15 Kreutzer
1 Sechser = 6 Kreutzer
1 Halber Ort = 7½ Kreutzer
1 Zweyfache Landmüntze (Fünffer) = 5 Kreutzer
1 Batzen = 4 Kreutzer
1 Kayser-Groschen = 3 Kreutzer
1 Einfache Landmüntze = 2½ Kreutzer
1 Halber Batzen = 2 Kreutzer
1 Kreutzer / kr. = 4 Pfennige
1 Pfennig / dl. = 2 Heller
1 Heller    


See Money (Holy Roman Empire)




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