Tolar 1603 – Replica of a Historical Coin

Tolar 1603 – Replica of a Historical Coin

The 1603 Tolar (also taler or thaler) is a replica of a large silver coin minted in the Czech lands. Our version is made in a 1:1 ratio as an exact copy of the historical coin from 1603, which was introduced by Emperor Rudolf II.

The first tolars were minted at the end of the 15th century in Jáchymov from silver from local mines. Their success was enormous – the coin spread throughout Europe and became a model for other large currencies. It was from the designation Joachimsthaler (literally “from the valley of St. Joachim”) that the abbreviated Thaler / Taler was created, from which the current name dollar is derived. A common mistake is to connect “tolar” with the English tall (“long”), but in fact the name comes from the place of minting.

There is a curious story associated with the origin of the tolar: Count Šlik had silver mines and debts in Germany. But he was not allowed to export silver ingots, because the law prohibited it. However, he discovered that the law did not prohibit him from minting his own coin. So he began minting Šlik or Jáchmov tolars. He deliberately made them huge so that there would be few pieces to consume a large amount of silver, because his intention was more like just legally exporting a pile of silver. Which he succeeded in doing. However, he greatly angered Emperor Rudolf II. Mainly because he did not ask his permission in advance. The emperor therefore summoned Count Šlik and it looked like a trial, which could have ended very badly for Šlik. But Šlik arranged it cleverly: He had a design made for a completely new coin – the Tolar of Rudolf II. and brought the design to show him, pretending that the original minting of the Šlik tolar was just an experiment to show that the imperial coin would be successful. He won over the Emperor, and not only Rudlf II. introduced tolars as the new official currency for his countries, tolars were minted from Šlikov silver and at the same time allowed Šlik to continue minting Šlikov tolars in limited quantities. This is how one of the legendary coins was created, which has survived to this day in the form of the American dollar.

Our tolar replica has a diameter of 39 mm and is among the largest historical coins on offer. In comparison: the Czech fifty-koruna is 27.5 mm and 2 euros are only 25 mm. Thanks to its size and detailed processing, it looks extremely impressive in games and as a collector’s item.

We offer the coin in three versions – silver, patinated silver and gold. Made of metal alloy (zinc).

This tolar is ideal for board games, RPGs, LARPs, themed events, but also as a collector’s item or original gift.

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