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Vereinsthaler

フェアアインスターラー / Vereinstaler — Names of money

A common German-Austrian silver coin meaning "Union Taler." It survived until the unification of Germany and later continued to circulate as 3 marks.

Double Vereinsthaler (Southern Railway commemorative) Double Vereinsthaler (Southern Railway commemorative)1857
A photograph of the real thing this term names.

Meaning "Union Taler." A common silver coin shared by Germany and Austria under the 1857 monetary treaty, it continued to be struck in Germany even after the dissolution of the alliance and circulated as 3 marks after unification.

⚠ A coin that outlived a state. Even when a treaty disappears, the silver coins in one's purse do not vanish so easily.