Thaler

thumb|300px|Four thalers and one double thaler, compared to a U.S. Quarter (United States coin)|quarter (bottom center): Clockwise from top left: Saxe-Altenburg 1616 (reverse), Saxony 1592, Austria 1701 (obverse), Saxony 1592 (obverse), Center: double thaler, Austria 1635 (obverse). A thaler, or taler ( ; , previously spelled ), is one of the large silver coins minted in the states and territories of the Holy Roman Empire and the Habsburg monarchy during the Early Modern period. A thaler size silver coin has a diameter of about and a weight of about 25 to 30 grams (roughly 1 ounce). The word

obsolete Slovenian currency

coin

thumb|upright=1.2|: Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1822; [[Frederick Augustus I, King of Saxony, 1813, Dresden Mint]]

pre-1873 currency unit in Sweden

thumb|right|250px|Austrian Vereinstaler of 1866The Vereinsthaler (, union thaler) was a standard silver coin of German Confederation, used in most German states and the Austrian Empire in the years before German unification.

thumb|Electorate of Saxony, Reichstaler from 1575 from the Dresden mint, Mmz. HB The Reichsthaler (; modern spelling Reichstaler), or more specifically the Reichsthaler specie, was a standard thaler silver coin introduced by the Holy Roman Empire in 1566 for use in all German states, minted in various versions for the next 300 years, and containing 25–26 grams fine silver.

thumb|Nassau Kronenthaler, 1817 The Kronenthaler was a silver coin first issued in 1755 in the Austrian Netherlands (see Austrian Netherlands Kronenthaler) and which became a popular trade coin in early 19th century Europe. Most examples show the bust of the Austrian ruler on the obverse and three or four crowns on the reverse, hence the name which means "crown thaler" (also Brabanter and crocione (Italian).

currency of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen

thumb|Wendenthaler, Lüneburg, 1541 The Wendenthaler or Wendentaler was a currency coin minted in Lüneburg from 1541, which depicted the six coats of arms of the Wendish towns.

Currency of St. Gallen until 1798

currency of the Swiss canton of Bern until 1798

currency of the Swiss canton of Basel until 1798

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currency of the Geneva Canton until 1798 (except briefly between 1794 and 1795) and between 1813 and 1839

currency of the Swiss canton of Solothurn

currency of Zürich Canton until 1798

currency used from 1690 to 1873