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884:Kurantmünze
881:of silver,
846:Kurantmünze
843:of silver,
806:Kurantmünze
803:of silver,
762:Kurantmünze
687:containing
573:Reichstaler
557:Reichstaler
514:Reichstaler
406:Reichstaler
403:(counting)
384:Reichstaler
352:fine weight
1723:Categories
1636:(late 15C)
1616:St. Gallen
1588:(late 16C)
1512:(late 18C)
1282:_ (1975).
1213:References
1203:fiat money
1055:), copper
1024:), copper
649:standard.
1611:Solothurn
1232:. p. 629.
1230:Daxlanden
1153:Footnotes
957:, silver
919:, silver
608:14-thaler
589:‹See Tfd›
563:14-thaler
317:20-Gulden
200:20-Gulden
174:10-Thaler
1683:Groschen
1396:Hannover
1065:See also
948:groschen
910:groschen
872:groschen
833:groschen
520:groschen
503:groschen
442:groschen
390:groschen
377:groschen
330:of fine
43:, 1822;
1705:Pfennig
1461:(1755)
1386:Prussia
1377:(1857)
1168:–thaler
1036:⁄
1021:pfennig
1007:⁄
986:pfennig
972:⁄
934:⁄
896:⁄
858:⁄
818:⁄
780:⁄
742:⁄
703:of 2.4
692:⁄
667:⁄
646:-gulden
641:⁄
630:to the
620:⁄
545:-thaler
540:⁄
491:⁄
470:kreuzer
450:kreuzer
398:⁄
325:⁄
314:to the
291:Austria
237:kreuzer
233:and 12
182:⁄
159:thalers
154:pistole
136:⁄
124:thalers
116:History
102:⁄
1729:Thaler
1694:Gulden
1657:Dollar
1626:Zürich
1621:Valais
1606:Geneva
1597:(1542)
1582:(1566)
1576:(1559)
1559:(1670)
1553:(1604)
1547:(1622)
1541:(1690)
1535:(1619)
1518:(18C?)
1506:(18C?)
1500:(18C?)
1494:(18C?)
1486:(1784)
1474:(1750)
1455:(1754)
1449:(1754)
1443:(1741)
1437:(1740)
1411:(1807)
1405:(1874)
1371:(1849)
1365:(1821)
1359:(1816)
1343:Thaler
1133:gulden
1123:gulden
1113:thaler
1051:heller
1044:thaler
1041:
1015:thaler
1012:
980:thaler
977:
942:thaler
939:
904:thaler
901:
866:thaler
863:
826:thaler
823:
788:thaler
785:
749:thaler
710:gulden
680:thaler
674:thaler
627:gulden
602:thaler
593:German
523:, the
463:= 2.4
446:or 60
356:silver
350:. Its
306:thaler
281:Saxony
244:gulden
241:. The
230:gulden
218:gulden
206:gulden
75:silver
70:thaler
1667:Tolar
1642:(16C)
1628:(16C)
1601:Berne
1595:Basel
599:), 2
187:of a
1662:Tālā
954:mark
916:mark
878:mark
840:mark
800:mark
551:mark
434:= 2
412:The
367:The
361:mark
341:mark
334:mark
296:The
253:The
165:The
141:the
51:The
27:Coin
1047:(1
1038:480
1018:(1
1009:240
989:),
983:(6
945:(1
907:(2
869:(4
829:(8
658:of
59:or
1725::
1221:^
1195:A
1180:A
974:48
936:24
898:12
852:00
812:00
774:00
766:("
736:00
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533:13
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476:1
457:1
428:1
409:.
184:10
112:.
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1328:t
1321:v
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970:1
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820:3
816:1
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752:(
744:3
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690:1
669:3
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662:+
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507:.
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489:1
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484:1
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454:.
400:3
396:4
327:6
323:5
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171:(
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104:2
100:1
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