Tolar (German: Thaler) or Jáchymovský tolar. Was a sliver coin minted in the Kingdom of Bohemia from 1520 until 1672 in Jáchymov (German: Joachimsthal). The obverse of the coin depicts Saint Joachim with the coat-of-arms of the noble family Schlik, who founded the mint in Ore Mountains, with the titles of the Schlik brothers in inscription: "STEPHANI:ET:FRATRVM: COMITVM:DE:BASSANO" (without abbreviations). The reverse side depicts the crowned Bohemian lion with the title of the Bohemian King Louis of the Jagiellonian dynasty: "LVDOVICVS DEI GRACIA REX BOHEMIAE" (without abbreviations).
The modern word dollar was derived from the Spanish dollar, so-called in the English-speaking world because they were of similar size and weight to the German Thalers. The German Thalers were so named because they were first minted from a silver mine in 1520 in Joachimsthal.
It was the main silver currency in Bohemia from 1520 to 1750.[1]
See also
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- Slovenian tolar, the currency of Slovenia from 1991 to 2006.
References
edit- ^ "Kapitola 6. - Vývoj měny u nás - Od groše k tolaru". P-numismatika.cz. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
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