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⅙ Vereinsthaler - George V
| Issuer | Hannover, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1859-1866 |
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| Weight | 5.34 g |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORG V. V. G. G. KOENIG V. HANNOVER BREHMER B |
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| Edge | Lettered: NEC ~ • ~ |
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The Vereinsthaler system, established by the Dresden Mint Treaty of 1838 and expanded under the Vienna Treaty of 1857, was an attempt to create a unified coinage across the German states without requiring political unification — a compromise that satisfied almost no one entirely. Hannover's fractional issues under George V, who was blind from age 14 following a botched medical treatment, continued until Prussian annexation in 1866 rendered the kingdom extinct after Hannover backed Austria in the Seven Weeks' War.
Post-annexation, Hanoverian coins were demonetized rapidly. Circulated survivors from the final 1866 striking are the pieces to watch.