The divisional coins were to be minted on a graduated and enhanced standard. Thus—
| 6-kr. and 4-kr. pieces (Batzen), | at 13 fl. 55 | kr. | to the mark fine. |
| Groschen (3 kr.) | at 14 fl. 10 | " | " |
| Kreutzer | at 14 fl. 40 | " | " |
| Pfennige (3760 to the mark fine), | at 15 fl. 43 | " | " |
There were thus three contemporary systems in Germany in 1670—
| 1. | Reichs thaler, | at 90 | kr. | , mark of fine silver | at 13 fl. 30 | kr. |
| 2. | " | at 96 | " | " | at 14 fl. 24 | " |
| 3. | " | at 105 | " | " | at 15 fl. 45 | " |
The three Upper Circles, however, could not maintain their last enacted order. In spite of its enactment, the Reichs thaler rose again to 96 kreutzers, and the ducat to 3 florins 12 kreutzers.
The confusion and general harm which resulted has been referred to in the text (p. [199]), and it is to be regarded simply as a stop-gap at any cost that the measure proposed by the Three Circles of fixing the thaler at 90 kreutzers was carried through the Reichstag of 1680.
From this system, however, the Emperor, with Bavaria and Salzburg, stood apart, putting the Reichs thaler at 96 kreutzers; and ten years later, 1690, Saxony, Brandenburg, and Brunswick and Lüneburg established again a distinct system—the well-known Leipzig standard.
By this system the Reichs thaler was set at 120 kreutzers or 2 florins (mark of fine silver = 12 thalers 18 gulden).
In a few years this valuation of the thaler prevailed all over the Empire. Sweden acceded to it in 1690, with Bremen and Pomerania, Mainz, Treves, the Palatinate, and Frankfort, and three years later the Higher Circles followed suite. Contemporaneously the gold gulden was advanced to 2 florins 56 kreutzers.