A Voyage in History Through a Maria Theresa Thaler Coin

A Voyage in History Through a Maria Theresa Thaler Coin

I recently attended a meeting in which someone mentioned Austria’s 1780 Maria Theresa thaler coin. The silver-dollar size piece was extremely popular and circulated all over the world. The thaler unit was also the origin of our word dollar. With so many interesting facts about the coin, I could not resist. I had to acquire … Read more