Hieronymus Schlick photograph

Hieronymus Schlick

Hieronymus Schlick Life story


Hieronymus Schlick was a Bohemian count who authorised the minting of Joachimsthalers, after Joachimsthal, the valley in which the silver was mined. Joachimsthalers was later shortened to thaler, the origin of the word "dollar". In 1516, a silver deposit was discovered near the home of Hieronymus Schlick.

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