thaler

n. ancient silver coin used Germanic countries (Austria, Germany and Switzerland) between the15th and 19th centuries

The Thaler (or Taler) was a silver coin used throughout Europe for almost four hundred years. Its name lives on in various currencies as the dollar or tolar. Etymologically, "Thaler" is an abbreviation of "Joachimsthaler", a coin type from the city of Joachimsthal in Bohemia, where some of the first such coins were minted in 1518.
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n. thaler, any of several large coins used in Germanic countries during the 15th-19th centuries

n. thaler, any of several large coins used in Germanic countries during the 15th-19th centuries

(n.)
A German silver coin worth about three shillings sterling, or about 73 cents.