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2 Thalers - Franz Joseph Prague
| Issuer | Schlick, Counts of |
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| Year | 1716 |
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| Weight | 60.53 g |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | CAROL VI D.G.ROM:IMP S.A.GER.HISP.HU.B.REX. FS |
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The Schlick family were among the most consequential figures in early modern Bohemian mining history — it was Hieronymus Schlick who first struck the large silver coins from Joachimsthal in the 1520s that gave the world the word "dollar." By 1716, the dynasty was long past its peak influence, stripped of much of its political power following the Battle of White Mountain in 1620, when the Habsburgs systematically dismantled the autonomy of Bohemian noble houses that had backed the Protestant cause.
A double thaler at this weight places it firmly in the tradition of presentation or cabinet coinage rather than anything intended for commerce.