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1⁄24 Thaler - Alexius Frederick Christian
| Issuer | Anhalt-Bernburg |
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| Year | 1822-1827 |
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| Value | 1⁄24 Thaler = 1 Groschen |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1822 - - 173,978 1823 - - 173,978 1827 - - 107,789 |
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Anhalt-Bernburg was among the smallest of the fragmented German principalities, and its coinage during Alexius Frederick Christian's reign reflects the monetary confusion endemic to the pre-Zollverein German states. The 1/24 Thaler denomination — a Groschen by another name — circulated alongside dozens of near-identical pieces from neighboring Anhalt-Dessau, Anhalt-Köthen, and the Saxon duchies, creating chronic small-change chaos for ordinary commerce.
Billon at .368 fine was already scraping the lower threshold of silver coinage respectability by the 1820s. Within two decades, the monetary unification pressures that culminated in the 1838 Dresden Convention would render fractional issues like this effectively obsolete.