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Thaler

//ˈtɑːləɹ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname from German.

Noun

1
A monetary unit used in a number of central and northern European countries, known locally as daalder (Netherlands), daler (Scandinavia), Taler, Thaler (Germany), etc. historical
"[I]n exchange for the 350,000 thaler paid to his royal cousin, the sly Prussian Prince received the Polish territories of Nordhausen, Petersberg, and Quedlinburg, […] Frederick favored neither suggestion and decided to add another 100,000 thaler to the 350,000 paid to August II. of Saxony; […]"
2
The currency of Baden from 1829 to 1837, valued at 100 Kreuzer. historical

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Thaler, an abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, after Sankt Joachimsthal, the German city in which some of the earliest thalers were minted in 1518. Doublet of dollar and tolar.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Austrian German Thaler.

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