← Read the currency articleSouth German gulden: research record
Evidence coverage: 1535–1873. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
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South German gulden
T-FTM000915 · Research draft
The 1535 southern German arrangements established 60-kreuzer gulden reckoning that continued in Bavaria into the nineteenth century. Later regional coin valuations were not always identical.
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1535–1873; this does not establish the entire lifetime.
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Children / successors
Unit and issue records 1 records
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Gulden reckoning in southern Germany · C2118
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Gulden reckoning in southern GermanyThe 1535 southern German arrangements established 60-kreuzer gulden reckoning that continued in Bavaria into the nineteenth century. Later regional coin valuations were not always identical.
Sources and qualifications → Account-unit observations
Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
1535supportedThe 1535 southern German arrangements established 60-kreuzer gulden reckoning that continued in Bavaria into the nineteenth century. Later regional coin valuations were not always identical.
C2118
Evidence & research notes 3 claims
Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Supported C880
South German florins entered at twelve marks per seven florins. Exact rational stated in prose; no rounded decimal valuation.
Deutsche Bundesbank · Purchasing power comparisons — history of German money Citation S435 ·
Open source ↗History of money section, paragraphs on 1873, 1914 and 1924
Supported C2118
The 1535 southern German arrangements established 60-kreuzer gulden reckoning that continued in Bavaria into the nineteenth century. Later regional coin valuations were not always identical.
Hubert Emmerig · Währung (bis 1800) (2010) Citation S1115 ·
Open source ↗Sections on 1535, the 60-kreuzer account, and 1753–1754 convention valuations
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Qualified C2127
Austrian 60-kreuzer reckoning spread into southern Germany in 1535. The connection to the later southern account is qualified for intervening regional development, not an assertion that all gulden remained equal.
Gerhard Schön · Münz- und Geldgeschichte der Fürstentümer Ansbach und Bayreuth im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert (2008) Citation S1114 ·
Open source ↗Printed pp. 70–80, especially p. 80 on Austrian reckoning and 1535; Sections on 1535, the 60-kreuzer account, and 1753–1754 convention valuations
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Hubert Emmerig · Währung (bis 1800) (2010) Citation S1115 ·
Open source ↗Printed pp. 70–80, especially p. 80 on Austrian reckoning and 1535; Sections on 1535, the 60-kreuzer account, and 1753–1754 convention valuations
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.