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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

Decade after decade, thalers continued to tinkle at bazaars from Istanbul to Yemen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Haile Selassie, Conquered Lion of Judah, was below decks with a secretary checking over box after box of gold bars, clinking Maria Theresa silver thalers.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1848, there were, of estates of over 3,000 thalers subject to taxation, only 38 to every 1,000 inhabitants; in 1866, 49.

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm