Saxon–Bohemian silver-thaler reckoning
The Saxon–Bohemian silver-thaler tradition grew from silver gulden and supplied models for later regional currencies.
- Early development
- Saxon silver gulden from 1500; Joachimsthal standard by 1520
- Scope
- Early silver-thaler reckoning; later regional accounts remain distinct
- Ancestry branch
- See family connections
Sources for the facts [1]
Its place in the family
All ancestors and descendants ↗Saxon–Bohemian silver-thaler reckoning
This currencyTrace its ancestry backward
Saxon–Bohemian silver-thaler reckoning
Rhenish gold-gulden reckoning
Florentine gold-florin reckoning
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
The story
Joachimsthal followed the Saxon silver standard. The coin name became widespread, but not every later thaler account represented the same amount of silver. [1]
Sweden adopted the monetary model; Brandenburg-Prussian accounting later separated from specie valuations. [2] [3]
Turning points
Silver-gulden development
Saxon silver gulden and the Joachimsthal standard develop the silver-thaler tradition. [1]
Sources and evidence
- Deutsche Bundesbank · Deutsche Taler: Von den Anfängen der Talerprägung bis zum Dreißigjährigen Krieg (foreword 1966); Deutsche Bundesbank · Deutsche Taler: Vom Dreißigjährigen Krieg bis zum Ende der Talerprägung (foreword 1967)
- Rodney Edvinsson, Sveriges Riksbank · Swedish monetary standards in a historical perspective (2010)
- Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Münzkabinett · Brandenburg-Preußen: Friedrich Wilhelm, 1679, object 18214596; Deutsche Bundesbank · Deutsche Taler: Vom Dreißigjährigen Krieg bis zum Ende der Talerprägung (foreword 1967)
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“Saxon–Bohemian silver-thaler reckoning.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/CUR-V49-SAXON-THALER.html