单词 | joachimsthaler |
释义 | Joachimsthalern. historical. A large silver coin first minted in the early 16th cent. from silver mined in Joachimsthal (now Jáchymov) in the Czech Republic.The Joachimsthaler is the oldest type of thaler and was the most common German silver coin before the introduction of the mark (mark n.2 2d) in 1872.Cf. dollar n., thaler n. (both from a shortening of Joachimsthaler in German). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > German or Prussian coins hellera1549 kreutzera1549 morkina1549 pfenniga1549 dollar1553 batz1568 fennin1611 groschen1617 mariengroschen1617 mark1727 schilling1753 thaler1787 Joachimsthaler1831 tail-ducat1864 krone1871 1831 W. Haidinger in Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. 11 1 When, in the beginning of the sixteenth century, a larger kind of silver coin was introduced into Germany, it took the name of Joachimsthaler. 1883 Lancaster Gaz. 8 Aug. The German thaler..is an abbreviation from Joachimsthaler. 1911 Our Paper 16 Sept. 444/3 Joachim's thaler pieces were first contracted into Joachim's-thalers and then into thalers. 1990 V. E. Thoren Lord of Uraniborg i. 30 The university authorities levied against him a stiff fine of twenty Joachimsthalers. 2010 P. C. Van Wyck Highway of Atom ii. 88 It is from the 28.5-gram silver coins there produced—dubbed Joachimsthalers—that the word dollar derives. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1831 |
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