thaler
Americannoun
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thaler,
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thalers
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of thaler
From German, dating back to 1780–90; see origin at dollar
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Good shot: the first meeting of Antonio and Christina when he tips her a thaler for helping to get his coach out of a snowdrift.
From Time Magazine Archive
Philip Tell Dodge, 76, founder and president of the Mergen- thaler Linotype Co., director of the Bank of New York and Trust Co.; to Miss Lilias Sutherland, 45, of Manhattan; in Manhattan.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the turbulent 1930s, the thaler became an international political weapon.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is reported that Signor Mussolini requested Dr. Seipel, Austrian Chancellor, on the occasion of his recent visit to the Premier, for permission to mint the silver thaler of the Empress Maria Theresa.
From Time Magazine Archive
In actual practice, however, the step proved only half effective, as the depreciated thaler was persistently minted.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw
By contrast, Mr. Koeppe said, Mozart was paid 225 thalers a year as an organist in Salzburg, while the royal clockmaker in Munich earned only 200 a year.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2019
They weigh almost as much as 1,900 thalers, the German currency of the time, and that was their value — an astonishing amount.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2019
To counter Mussolini, the British began minting thalers without permission.
From Time Magazine Archive
I'll tell them straight that, for this selfsame price, Three thalers fifty groats, they may procure The plays of William Shakespeare all complete, Untouched by Salvador. 1st BR.
From Time Magazine Archive
Frederick William III. of Prussia conferred upon him the honour, without exacting the duties, attached to the post of royal chamberlain, together with a pension of 2500 thalers, afterwards doubled.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
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