Scheidemünzen were representative coins or token coins issued alongside Kurantgeld or currency money in Austria and Germany up to start of the First World War in August 1914 whose intrinsic metal value was less than the legal value stamped on them.
Issuer Kingdom of Prussia (German States)
King Frederick William III (Friedrich Wilhelm III) (1797-1840)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1821-1840
Value 1 Pfennig = 1⁄360 Vereinsthaler
Currency Vereinsthaler (1821-1873)
Composition Copper
Weight 1.5 g
Diameter 17.25 mm
Thickness 1 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled