Joachimsthaler

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Joachimstaler, after the silver mine in Joachimsthal (now known as Jáchymov).

Noun

Joachimsthaler (plural Joachimsthalers)

  1. A large silver coin from the sixteenth century in the Czech Republic.
    • 1964, John M. Letiche, A History of Russian Economic Thought‎, page 223:
      These provisions served especially the interests of the treasury, which derived considerable income from the recoinage of the German Joachimsthalers.
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