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Help with a german coin from 1871

Philso8807Philso8807 Posts: 37
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I have a question about a german coin i have. On the front it says "Wilhelm Koenig Von Preussen" and has an A (the mintmark i'm guessing) under his head. On the back it says "Ein Vereinsthaler XXX Ein Pfund Fein" and has an eagle with a crown and on its right foot has what looks like a shaft with a small axe on the end. The left foot looks to have a rock with a cross coming out of the top. It has 1871 underneath the eagle. Any help with what a vereinsthaler might be and what the value is would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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  • spoonspoon Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭
    My book is from 1993 so the number and value might be off nowadays, but here's the info anyway:

    Prussia C170a: 1871 mintage = 7.6M; $ value in F = 20, VF = 35, XF = 65, U = 150

    Not a terribly uncommon coin so I'd wager that the values haen't changed much over the years. But it is a neat one still! image

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  • Philso8807Philso8807 Posts: 37
    alright, thankee kindly
    Collecting Jason Richardson
    my site- [url]www.freewebs.com/philso8807[/url]
  • AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭
    There used to be a variety of "conventions" as to the amount and purity of silver that constituted a "thaler" -- so all thalers were not created equal. (BTW, "thaler" is at the root of our "dollar".) The Vereinsthaler was the last of these conventions to which Prussia -- along with many other German principalities -- ascribed before the unification of Germany following their defeat of the French in 1871. The "A" is indeed the mintmark and signifies that it was struck at the Berlin Mint.
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