The total, therefore, was 42,215,670 thalers; the pure silver content of which was only 28,243,780 thalers.
By the publicandum of 4th May 1808, and the edict of 13th December 1811, the value of this mass was reduced, the coins being set at from two-thirds to four-sevenths of their normal value, so that—
| 42 | groschens | = 1 good thaler. | ||
| 52 1⁄2 | " | (Bohemia) |
but it was not till the law of 30th September 1821 that a recoinage could be accomplished.
The provisions of this law of 1821 were as follows:—
1. Gold—
Friedrichs d'or as hitherto, viz. 35 to the mark = 5 thalers.
4. Silver—
Prussian thaler as before, 10 1⁄2 to the mark gross (= 14 to the mark fine).
7. Thaler to be subdivided into 30 groschens 12 pfennige; the latter tenderable only up to 1⁄6 thaler.
8. Silver groschen = 106 2⁄3 to the mark, 2⁄9 silver (= 16 thalers to the mark fine).