The Zinna Coin Treaty of 1667 for the standardisation of coinage was signed at

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, approx. 50 km south of

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, between Electoral Brandenburg and

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. The treaty defines the 10½ ''thaler'' standard (''10½-Taler-Fuß standard, Zinna Münzfuß''). The two states agreed to keep the ''9-thaler'' standard of the

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of 1559/66 for the ''thaler'', but to mint the '' Scheidemünzen'' more easily, namely to the 10½-taler standard. When the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg joined the treaty in 1668, it was also agreed that the 10½ thaler standard would also apply to the 2/3, 1/3 and 1/6 ''thaler'' coins apply.

Literature

* Wolfgang Trapp (1999). ''Kleines Handbuch der Münzkunde und des Geldwesens in Deutschland.'' Stuttgart: Reclam-Verlag, ISBN 3-15-018026-0. Coinage standards History of money Economic history of Germany 17th century in the Holy Roman Empire Treaties of the Holy Roman Empire Economy of the Holy Roman Empire

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