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  • The E-Sylum: Volume 7, Number 22, May 30, 2004, Article 16

    FEATURED WEB PAGE

    This week's featured web page is about the Dutch
    leeuwendaaler or "lion thaler".

    "The word thaler comes from its place of origin: the town of
    Saint/Sankt Joachimsthal/Joachimstal in West Bohemia [then
    Germany; today Jachymov in Czech Republic]. Joachimstal
    means, literally, "Joachim's Valley" [Tal means valley in german
    language]. Here, from locally mind silver, the Joachimsthaler,
    better known by its clipped form thaler or taler, was minted
    for the first time in 1519. This silver coin -made of a now
    unknown silver alloy that never tarnished- became one of the
    most successful coins in monetary history and was widely
    imitated not only in Germany but also in the Dutch provinces.
    In the Dutch provinces, the leeuwendaalder [i.e. lion thaler]
    were first coined in 1575 during the struggle for independence.
    Soon thereafter leeuwendaalder were issued by six [of the
    seven] Dutch provinces, along with independent issues
    produced by some of the major imperial towns..."

    http://www.genealogy.ro/banat/leeuwendaalder.html

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  • 2004-05-30
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  • 7

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