Hannover's currency in this period remained administratively separate from the broader German monetary reforms being negotiated elsewhere, a consequence of the kingdom's personal union with Britain under William IV. That constitutional arrangement — one king, two entirely distinct monetary systems — ended abruptly in 1837 when Salic law barred Victoria from the Hanoverian throne, severing the union and leaving the kingdom to chart its own numismatic course under Ernest Augustus.
Hannover's currency in this period remained administratively separate from the broader German monetary reforms being negotiated elsewhere, a consequence of the kingdom's personal union with Britain under William IV. That constitutional arrangement — one king, two entirely distinct monetary systems — ended abruptly in 1837 when Salic law barred Victoria from the Hanoverian throne, severing the union and leaving the kingdom to chart its own numismatic course under Ernest Augustus.