Hesse-Kassel thaler
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The Thaler was the currency of the Landgravate, then Electorate of Hesse-Kassel until 1858. Until 1807, the Thaler was subdivided into 32 Albus, each of 12 Heller. It was worth three quarters of a Conventionsthaler.
Between 1807 and 1813, the Westphalian Thaler and Westphalian Frank circulated in Hesse-Kassel.
The Thaler and Heller were reintroduced in 1813, but without the Albus (the last coins denominated in Albus were issued in 1782). Thus, 384 Heller = 1 Thaler. In 1819, the Thaler was set equal to the Prussian Thaler. In 1841, a new currency system was introduced, dividing the Thaler into 30 Silbergroschen, each of 12 Heller.
The Thaler was replaced at par by the Vereinsthaler.
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Defunct | Austrian Netherlands kronenthaler | Baden Thaler | Conventionsthaler | Danzig Thaler | Hesse-Kassel Vereinsthaler | Hesse-Kassel Thaler | Hannovarian Vereinsthaler | Hannovarian Thaler | Kronenthaler | Maria Theresa thaler | Mecklenburg Thaler | Mecklenburg vereinsthaler | Prussian Vereinsthaler | Reichsthaler | Saxon Thaler | Vereinsthaler | Westphalian Thaler |
See also | Dollar |