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3 Guldengroschen 'Joachimsthaler'
| Issuer | Schlick, Counts of |
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| Year | 1520 |
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| Value | 3 Thalers |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1520 |
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The Joachimsthaler takes its name from the Schlick family's silver mines at Joachimsthal in Bohemia, where ore deposits of unusual richness allowed the counts to strike large silver pieces on a scale no German territorial lord had managed before. This 3 Guldengroschen is among the earliest and heaviest of those issues — a triple-weight piece at a moment when the monetary system had no settled place for it.
The word "thaler" — and ultimately "dollar" — derives directly from coins struck in this valley. The Schlicks lost control of the mines to the Habsburgs in 1528, ending their brief but consequential run as independent monetary actors.