Tolar

{{Short description|Bohemian silver coin (1520–1672)}} {{other uses}} {{Expand language|topic=|langcode=ru|otherarticle=Иоахимсталер|date=October 2024}} {{for-multi|the former Slovenian currency|Slovenian tolar|the Argentine municipality|Tolar Grande}} 250px|thumb|Bohemia, Joachimsthaler 1525. Obverse, picturing St. Joachim. thumb|Bohemia, Joachimsthaler 1525. Reverse, picturing the Bohemian Lion. The '''tolar''' ({{langx|de|Thaler|links=no}}) or '''Jáchymovský tolar''' was a silver coin minted in the Kingdom of Bohemia from 1520 until 1672 in Jáchymov (German: ''Joachimsthal''). The obverse of the coin depicts Saint Joachim with the coat-of-arms of the noble family Schlik, who founded the mint in the Ore Mountains, with the titles of the Schlik brothers in inscription: "STEPHANI:ET:FRATRVM: COMITVM:DE:BASSANO" (without abbreviations). The reverse side depicts the crowned Bohemian lion with the title of the Bohemian King Louis of the Jagiellonian dynasty: "LVDOVICVS DEI GRACIA REX BOHEMIAE" (without abbreviations).

The modern word dollar was derived from the Spanish dollar, so-called in the English-speaking world because they were of similar size and weight to the German Thalers. The German Thalers were so named because they were first minted from a silver mine in 1520 in Joachimsthal.

It was the main silver currency in Bohemia from 1520 to 1750.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://p-numismatika.cz/index.php?get=kapitola6_02 |title=Kapitola 6. - Vývoj měny u nás - Od groše k tolaru |publisher=P-numismatika.cz |access-date=2013-01-13}}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|Money|Numismatics}} * Slovenian tolar, the currency of Slovenia from 1991 to 2006.

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