Joachimsthaler

Borrowed from German Joachimsthaler, after the silver mine in Joachimsthal (now known as Jáchymov).

Joachimsthaler (plural Joachimsthalers)

1. (historical) A large silver coin of the 16th century in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, today Czech Republic.
   • 1964, John M. Letiche, A History of Russian Economic Thought‎, page 223:

     These provisions served especially the interests of the treasury, which derived considerable income from the recoinage of the German Joachimsthalers.

• Joachimstaler

(Sankt) Joachimsthal +‎ -er, from Sankt +‎ Joachims +‎ Thal, lit. "Saint Joachim's Valley".

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Joachimsthaler m (strong, genitive Joachimsthalers, plural Joachimsthaler)

1. (historical, obsolete) Joachimsthaler (large silver coin)
   • 1653, Martin Zeiller, “Razeburg”, in Topographia Saxoniae Inferioris, Frankfurt am Main: Merian:

     […] sondern auch an den Glocken / so Er auß den Thürnen genommen geplündert; die Domherren / so nicht entflohen / ins Gefängnuß gelegt; vnd das Capitul / über das / vmb vier tausent JoachimsThaler gestrafft / damit Sie die übrigen deß Stiffts Dörffer / vom plündern / vnd brennen / befreyeten.

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