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

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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