Maria Theresa's Thaler: A Case of International Money

Despite its significance in monetary history, the Maria Theresa thaler (or taler) is little known outside numismatic circles. The paper describes this coin’s history, which the paper argues is the reverse to the obverse of the rise of national monies. The coin circulated in Africa, the Levant and Arabia as a full-bodied commodity money until governments one-by-one succeeded in creating acceptable national fiat currencies.

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Year of publication:	2001
Authors:	Tschoegl, Adrian E.
Published in:	Eastern Economic Journal. - Eastern Economic Association - EEA, ISSN 0094-5056. - Vol. 27.2001, 4, p. 443-462
Publisher:	Eastern Economic Association - EEA
Subject:	Money

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	E42 - Monetary Systems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System ; N23 - Europe: Pre-1913 ; F33 - International Monetary Arrangements and Institutions
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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