Replica - Counts of Schlick Joachimsthaler 1525

Features

Location	Czechoslovakia
Type	Coin replicas
Composition	Brąz
Weight	30.8 g
Diameter	33.5 mm
Thickness	4.5 mm
Shape	Okrągły
Technique	Frezowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 439623

Obverse

(en) St Joachim as pilgrim dividing the letters S I (for St Ioachim) and the date, above composite arms

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
AR.DOM.SLI.ST // E7 FRACO.D.B
S I
15 25

Reverse

Lew czeski w lewo w podwójnym okręgu, wewnętrzny wgnieciony. Legenda dookoła (zaczyna się od 12h). Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering: LVDOVIC.PRIM.DEI.GRA.REX .BOEM

Edge

Comments

(en)

In 1512, 20 years after Columbus discovered America. A Bohemian Lord Count Stephen Schlik discovered huge silver deposits at St. Joachim's valley in Bohemia (now called Jochymov in Czechoslovakia). The Bohemian word for valley or dale is thale. In 1519 he obtained a charter to mint coins of silver from these mines and first minted these large hefty coins called thalers for short. In 1528 the Habsburg Emperor revoked the charter and made thalers the coins of the realm.
The popularity of the thaler resulted in other countries minting size coins called Tolar, Tallero, Daler, Daaldeer and finaly Dollar depending on the country of their origin. This Joachimsthaler truly was the origin of the US dollar.

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