Hanover

Electorate of Hanover (1692-1807, 1813-1814), Kingdom of Hanover (1814-1866)

State of the Holy Roman Empire (1692-1806) Independent state (1806-1807, 1813-1866)

Location: Northwest Germany

Capital City: Hanover

Government type: Absolute Monarchy (1692-1807, 1813-1819), Constitutional Monarchy (1819-1866)

Main languages: German

Main religions: Protestant Christianity

Chronology

1692: Electorate of Hanover created from the Principality of Calenberg

1714-1837: In personal union with Britain

1757-1758: Occupied by France

1803-1805: Occupied by France

1805-1806: Occupied by Britain

1806-1807: Occupied by France

1807: Made part of the Kingdom of Westphalia

1813: Restored

1814: Electorate raised to Kingdom

1866: Annexed by Prussia

Currency

Thaler (1692-1814))

1 Thaler = 24 Groschen = 36 Mariengroschen = 288 Pfennig • 1 Pistole = 5 Thaler • 1 Ducat = 2 Thaler • 1 Goldgulden = 1.5 Thaler

Thaler (1814-1857)

1 Thaler = 24 Groschen = 36 Mariengroschen = 360 Pfennig • 1 Ducat = 2 Thaler • 1 Krone = 9 Thaler

Vereinsthaler (1857-1866)

1 Vereinsthaler = 30 Groschen = 300 Pfennige • 1 Goldkrone = 9.3 Vereinsthaler

Coins from Hanover in the collection

Kingdom (1814-1866)

•2 Pfennig, 1843 (King Ernst August I (1837-1851), copper, Hanover mint, KM#174)

•2 Pfennig, 1855 (King Georg V (1851-1866), copper, Hanover mint, KM#214)

•1/24 Thaler, 1827 (King Georg IV (1820-1830), billon, Hanover mint, KM#141)

•2 Pfennig, 1861 (King Georg V (1851-1866), copper, Hanover mint, KM#234)

•1 Groschen, 1862 (King Georg V (1851-1866), billon, Hanover mint, KM#236)