MK-ATW-KHM | Preußen: Friedrich Wilhelm IV. 1857

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Preußen: Friedrich Wilhelm IV. 1857
	Wien, Münzkabinett, Kunsthistorisches Museum Coin Collection, KHM Permanent Exhibitions
Inventory no	MK 2999bα
Obverse	FRIEDR. WILHELM IV KOENIG V. PREUSSEN / A. Kopf Friedrich Wilhelms IV. n. r.; darunter Mzz. für Berlin
Reverse	EIN VEREINSTHALER - XXX EIN PFUND FEIN / 1857. Bekrönter Adler, Kopf n. l., mit Monogramm auf der Brust, um den Hals Ordenskette des Schwarzen Adlerordens geschlungen, in den Krallen Szepter und Reichsapfel
Sitter	Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1840-1861), king of Prussia
Class/status	Kingdom (medieval/modern)
Authority	Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1840-1861), king of Prussia
Date	1857
Denomination	Taler (Vereinstaler) Taler (Vereinstaler) Talers and double talers which are based on the coin treaty of Dresden of 1838 and the one signed in Vienna in 1857 are also called Vereinstaler resp. Vereinsdoppeltaler. They are based on the 14 Taler standard based on the Colongne Mark of 233.85 grams. The 1857 agreement uses the same standard, now calculated on the Zollpfund of 500 grams, from which 30 Talers are struck. The last Vereinstalers were issued in Austria in 1866 and in Germany in 1872. Lit.: F. von Schrötter, Wörterbuch der Münzkunde (1930) s.v. Vereinstaler p. 718 (on the 1857 agreement).
	Silver ; 18,53 g; 33 mm; 12 h
Production	struck
Mint	Berlin
Region	Brandenburg
Country	Germany
Publications	Schrötter v., 1925, 254
Item	Coin
Department	Modern Period, 19th century
Accession	-
Object number	ID162486
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