thaler
Sign in to savethumb|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
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A thaler is a large silver coin that was minted in various states and territories of the Holy Roman Empire and the Habsburg monarchy during the Early Modern period, typically weighing about 25 to 30 grams. The coin was significant enough that its name and design influenced currency throughout European history and beyond.
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16 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Predecessors
- Joachimsthaler
- Holy Roman Empire
- City view thalers and lösers
- Dutch Republic
- Spain and France
- Switzerland
- Scandinavia
- 19th-century Germany
- Legacy
- Chronology of thaler development
- See also
- Further reading
- References
- External links
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 is shortened from , the original thaler coin minted in Joachimsthal, Bohemia, from 1520.