Dresden Coinage Convention

The Dresden Coinage of 30 July 1838, the further development of the Munich Münzvertrages from August 25, 1837 under the umbrella of the German Customs Union.

During the Munich Coinage in Southern Germany the 24 ½ - Guldenfuß binding introduced as a silver standard and coins were set down to the 3- cruiser - piece according to uniform weights and measures, then place in Dresden in 1838 connecting the southern German Guldenmünzfußes to the Prussian 14 - Talerfuß, at the same time, for example, was also introduced in the Kingdom of Saxony while abandoning the previous 13 1/3-Conventionstalerfußes. At the same time the new North German Doppeltaler coin that was 3 ½ guilders in southern Germany, it was decided as valid everywhere club coin minted and physically in the following years.

Were completed the series of three major Münzverträge the German customs union with the Vienna Coinage from January 24, 1857 by the introduction of single and double club thalers, which is now in all Customs Union countries - as the official Vereinstaler were considered uniform Kurantmünzen - including the South German Gulden countries and Austria. At the same time, the transition from weight Mark was here ( Lot = 16 ) of the Customs pounds (= 30 New -Lot = 500 grams) as a precious metal weight for the monetary standard.

• Vormarz
• Empire Finance
• 1838
• Dresdner history
• German Bund