Thalers. Total minted during 1823-1856 91,031,741 Withdrawn under the new Imperial System, 1874 40,000 " " 1875 566,677 " " 1876 11,250,277 " " 1877 5,753,269 " " 1878 4,640,068 ---------- 22,250,291 ----------- Leaving a balance not accounted for of 68,781,450 =========== Thalers. Total minted during 1857-71 215,863,120 Withdrawn by the Government of the States 2,538 " under the new Imperial System, 1875 3,000 " " 1876 25,958 " " 1877 64,806,347 " " 1878 18,915,167 ---------- 109,635,938 ----------- Leaving a balance not accounted for of 106,177,182 =========== Thalers. On the whole period, 1750-1871, the total minted 1-thaler pieces amounted to 395,537,532 Total withdrawn 195,423,540 ----------- Leaving a balance not accounted for of 200,113,992 =========== Allowing 83,062,882 thalers as a rough equivalent for the loss by attrition, there is still a deficit of 117,051,000 thalers, or about £17,557,650 sterling to be accounted for (and laid to the account of remintings and loss by arbitrage). ACCOUNT OF THE MINTING OF THE RECONSTRUCTED GERMAN EMPIRE--GOLD--FROM 1872 TO DEC. 1878