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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 6455441, member: 110226&quot;][ATTACH=full]1257445[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>When the mention of silver coins comes up, one often thinks of the silver dollars of the United States, the 8 reales of Mexico and Latin America, or the Maria Theresa dollars, to name a few.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, in the late 1400&#039;s and most notably the early 1500&#039;s there was intensive mining of rich silver deposits in Bohemia, in the vicinity of Joachimsthal (Jáchymov in Czech).&nbsp; Indeed one could argue that these deposits, along with those in the Harz Mountains of Germany and elsewhere constituted a major source of silver coinage in Europe, before the flood of silver arrived from Latin America later in the century.</p><p><br /></p><p>As noted, in Wikipedia,</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;At the beginning of the 16th century, silver was found in the area of Joachimsthal. The village of Joachimsthal was founded in 1516 in place of the former abandoned village of Konradsgrun in order to facilitate the exploitation of this valuable resource. Stefan Schlick was the founder of Jáchymov. The silver caused the population to grow rapidly, and made the counts Schlick, whose possessions included the town, one of the richest noble Bohemian families.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The Schlicks had coins minted, which were called Joachimsthalers. They gave their name to the Thaler and the dollar. The fame of Joachimsthal for its ore mining and smelting works attracted the scientific attention of the doctor Georg Bauer (better known by the Latin form of his name, Georgius Agricola) in the late 1520s, who based his pioneering metallurgical studies on his observations made here.&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257447[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The inflow of this silver was instrumental in transforming the economy of Europe to one that was primarily agricultural in nature, to one fueled by commerce and trade.&nbsp; Silver coinage grew the merchant and banking classes, giving rise to an increasing middle class (although poverty was widespread nonetheless), and enabled the evolution of the modern states that we know today, notably England, France, The Netherland, Spain and Portugal.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257457[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Two coins are posted here.&nbsp; Both coins were purchased back in the late 1980&#039;s, the first coin from Karl Stephens and the second coin from World-Wide Coins of California.</p><p><br /></p><p>Joachimsthal, Bohemia, No Date (1520-1525)</p><p>Counts of Schlick</p><p>Stephen</p><p>Thaler</p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; A.R.DOMI:SLI.STE:F:FRA.COD:B, Standing figure of St. Joachim, S and J to left and right respectively, the arms of Schlick below.</p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; LVDOWICVSPRIMD:GRACIA.REX.BO, Bohemian lion facing left.</p><p>D 8141</p><p>28.6 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257461[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Joachimsthal, Bohemia, 1526</p><p>Counts of Schlick</p><p>Stephen</p><p>Thaler</p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; A.R.DOMI:SLI.STE:F:FRA.COD:B, Standing figure of St. Joachim, the arms of Schlick below with the date to left and right.</p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; LVDOWICVSPRIMDEI:GRACIA.REX.BO, a magnificent Bohemian lion facing left.</p><p>D 8146</p><p>28.7 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257465[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post you Joachimsthal coinage and anything else you wish.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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