At the same time as the Reichsthaler was being issued as a coin, it was also being used in much of Northern Germany as a unit of account, with the unit of account being worth ¾ of the value of a Reichsthaler coin.
He left his heir Charles Alexander a total debt of 2.3 million Reichsthaler, and he spent 10% of the state budget on hunting.
On August 30, 1769, the Speiss family sold the mill to Peter Johann Jacob Heinrich Andrae from Osterode for 4500 Reichsthaler.
Locatelli's last known stop was in Kassel, where he received the very high payment of 80 reichsthaler after his visit to Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, on 7 December 1728.