Taler

Japanese: Taler
Taler

…Meanwhile, the minting of silver coins continued, and heavier coins were minted. The first were given by Venice in 1203, then by Florence, France under Louis IX minted the Gros Tournois in 1260, England under Henry III minted new silver coins, and Germany had the one-ounce thaler minted by Archduke Sigismund of Habsburg in 1476. The large thaler, a symbol of the authority of the Holy Roman Empire, was one of the masterpieces of numismatic art, imitated in many European countries in the 17th and 18th centuries, and was the origin of the name dollar. …

From [Silver]

... In the early Middle Ages, during the reign of Charlemagne (768-814), a silver standard currency system was established where 1 libra (pound) = 20 solidi (shillings) = 240 denarii (pence), and denarius and half denarius silver coins were minted to counter the gold coins of the Byzantine Empire and Islam. In the 12th and 13th centuries, large Groschen silver coins were minted in Italy, and from the end of the 15th century, when Germany's silver production increased, thalers (made by Joachimsthal) were minted. These were minted in various countries from the 16th century onwards, and became the world currency. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Taler" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…一方,銀貨の鋳造も続けられ,従来のデナリウス貨より重い銀貨が鋳造された。その最初の例は1203年ベネチアによって,ついでフィレンツェによって与えられ,フランスでもルイ9世治下,1260年にトゥルノア重銀貨gros tournoisが鋳造され,ついでヘンリー3世治下のイギリスでも新銀貨が鋳造され,ドイツでは1476年にハプスブルク家のジギスムント大公が量目1オンスのターラーTaler銀貨を鋳造させた。神聖ローマ帝国の権威の象徴である大型のターラー銀貨は貨幣芸術の傑作の一つであり,17,18世紀のヨーロッパ諸国で模倣され,さらに,ドルdollarの名称の起源となった。…

【銀】より

… 中世初めカール大帝(在位768‐814)のときに,1リブラ(ポンド)=20ソリドゥス(シリング)=240デナリ(ペンス)の銀本位の幣制が成立し,ビザンティン帝国やイスラムの金貨に対して,デナリウスdenarius銀貨と半デナリウス銀貨が造られた。12~13世紀に大型のグロッシェンGroschen銀貨がイタリアで造られ,ドイツの銀産額が増大した15世紀末以来,ターラーTaler貨(ヨアヒムスタール製)が造られた。これは16世紀以降各国で造られて世界貨幣となった。…

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