Meanings
nounJoachimsthaler (plural Joachimsthalers)
plural Joachimsthalers
- historicalA large silver coin of the 16th century in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, today Czech Republic.
These provisions served especially the interests of the treasury, which derived considerable income from the recoinage of the German Joachimsthalers.
1964, John M. Letiche, A History of Russian Economic Thought, page 223
Origin
- GermanJoachimsthaler
- EnglishJoachimsthaler
Borrowed from German Joachimsthaler, after the silver mine in Joachimsthal (now known as Jáchymov).
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German Joachimsthaler
- Joachimsthalerlarge silver coin
Russian ефи́мок, иоахимста́лер
- ефи́мок (jefímok)large silver coin
- иоахимста́лер (ioaximstáler)large silver coin
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