Kronenthaler

The Kronentaler was originally a large silver coin of the Austrian Netherlands. He had a fine weight of 25.9 g The Kronentaler solved there in 1755 Taler from the Albertus.

With the loss of the Austrian Netherlands, although he lost his original home, but instead spread due to a slight overestimation compared to the Konventionstaler increasingly in Southern Germany. 1793 his course from the Swabian district council on 2 Gulden 42 Kreuzer was fixed.

Above all, Baden, Bavaria, Württemberg and Nassau impressed Kronentaler in large numbers. In the first 30 years of the 19th century, he was almost the only large silver coin in southern Germany. Thus, in Württemberg Wilhelm I. 1816-1837 more than 660,000 Kronentaler, but only minted 3,440 Konventionstaler. The Coinage of 1837, and the following contracts the German Customs Union abolished the Kronentaler.