thaler

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The thaler was a large silver coin used across much of Europe from the 16th to 19th centuries and is the origin of the word "dollar."

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Conventionsthaler 2
Speciesthaler 1
dollar (via thaler) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical currency unit
large denomination coin
silver coin
category early modern European coinage
circulatedIn Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austrian Empire

Bohemia
Central Europe
Eastern Europe
German states
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Holy Roman Empire
Italian states
Netherlands
Scandinavia
Switzerland
denominationType crown-sized coin
etymologicalDescendant dollar
hasVariant thaler self-linksurface differs
surface form: Conventionsthaler

Guldenthaler
Maria Theresa thaler
Reichsthaler
Speciesthaler
influenced Australian dollar
Canadian dollar
Hong Kong dollar
New Zealand dollar
Singapore dollar
US dollar
surface form: United States dollar

various dollar-denominated currencies
linguisticLegacy similar terms in other languages (e.g., daler, tallero)
word "dollar" in English
material silver
monetaryStandardRole basis for several European currency systems
namedAfter Sankt Joachimsthal
surface form: Joachimsthal
originOfName Guldengroschen
surface form: Joachimsthaler
replacedBy Austro-Hungarian krone
Deutsche Mark
surface form: German mark

various national currencies in 19th century Europe
shape round
standardizedBy Holy Roman Empire monetary reforms
typicalComposition high-silver-content alloy
typicalUse large commercial transactions
usedAs trade coin
unit of account
usedIn Europe
usedInPeriod 16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

riksdaler namedAfter thaler
Jáchymov gaveNameTo thaler
this entity surface form: dollar (via thaler)
Thaler hasVariant thaler
this entity surface form: Speciesthaler
Thaler hasVariant thaler
this entity surface form: Conventionsthaler
thaler hasVariant thaler self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Conventionsthaler
Dutch thaler "leeuwendaalder" (lion dollar) nameMeaning thaler
subject surface form: leeuwendaalder
this entity surface form: lion thaler