Bremen 1802-1871 Type Set
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The Bremen coins have one of the most beautiful designs with the shield and the Bremen key on it, which is held by lions. I started collecting them back in 2020 with coins from the German Empire.
So at some point I got to the earlier mintages of the 19th century and finally was lucky enough to acquire the 12 Groten piece from 1841 in MS67. After I acquired as second the beautiful Groten of 1840, the decision was made for me to build up a whole set here. Many coins I had already acquired in 2022 and were submitted 2023 by me to NGC. Except for slot 5, 9 and 13, all coins were submitted by myself.
Due to the mostly low mintage numbers and the fact that all the coins from this set are at least over 150 years old, the coins are often difficult to get in good conditions and you need a lot of patience until good pieces are offered in the market.
About Bremen and its money:
At the beginning of the 19th century, Bremen was a small city with a population of about 36,000, which grew to about 83,000 by the time of its incorporation into the German Empire in 1871.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, Bremen was the only area within the Holy Roman Empire or the German Confederation where a gold standard was already in effect before 1872. It was valid 1 thaler gold = 72 Grote = 360 Schwaren. Because of the commodity money character, Bremen's own small change also had an exchange value against the thaler gold, which fluctuated with the general value ratio of gold to silver: Circulating silver coins here were trade coins.
Since the first quarter of the 18th century, more high-quality French gold coins, the
louisdor, had flowed abroad, including to Bremen. While the circulating 2/3 thalers in silver had proved to be of no stable value, the louisdor offered a stable coin worth 5 thalers. Around 1745-1750, therefore, the louisdor became established as the generally accepted currency in Bremen, supplanting the silver coins. These became a commodity traded in louisdor (trade coin). To distinguish it from talers in the silver standard, the designation Thaler Gold was chosen for 1/5 louisdor.
"Thalers Gold" actually minted in gold were never issued as official currency coins in Bremen. Silver coins designated "Thaler Gold" were issued in 1863, 1865 and 1871 as commemorative mintings. These silver coins followed a minting rate set in 1840 for the minting of Bremer Groten of about 13½ thalers from the fine mark.
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