Reichsmünzordnung

As imperial coinage decisions of the Holy Roman Empire are referred to in the 16th century were intended to regulate the coinage of the realm uniform.

History

Arbitrariness of the individual Münzberechtigten in the kingdom, which brought about great losses to the public, first led Emperor Charles V, to make an attempt to clean up the torn Münzunordnung. The imperial coinage of Esslingen, which in 1524 the Cologne Mark explained for the general German coin weight, but came to perform as well as not following protests by several large estates of the Empire, owes its origin.

1551 attempts to preserve the idea of the equivalence of gold, and silver guilders. Both coins were worth 72 Kreuzer. The now also widespread Taler was cheaply for 68 cruiser. The rich gold florins but was coined only a few years in small runs south of the River Main. In northern and central Germany dimes and dollars were minted unimpressed continue. The value of the gold florin increased over time about 72 cruisers out.

Eight years later Emperor Ferdinand I laid before the Reichstag a Münzedikt. 1559 the nominal parity of gold and silver gulden was abolished in the former financial capital of Augsburg. On gold florins was held at the request of the Palatinate, but it was for the equivalent of 75 cruisers fixed. New gold coin was the ducat. The value of the silver gulden was determined with 60 cruisers. But also the favored silver guilder against the silver dollars could not prevail.

1566 the Reichstag accepted this situation and made the silver thaler ( Total weight 29.23 grams, 889/1000 parts silver ) for general currency coin in the empire. They held up until about the beginning of the 18th century in the payment round.

1571 were on the Deputationstag in Frankfurt set up by Maximilian I. Imperial Circles, which until then was the supervision of the coinage, together to form three large circles. These were the Franconian, Swabian and Bavarian of the circle which includes the Archbishopric of Salzburg was that the imperial coinage had not accepted.