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unusual facts about Maria Theresa Thaler



Bullion

Some bullion coins have been used as currency throughout the 20th century, like the Maria Theresa thaler and the Krugerrand.

Flashman on the March

Flashman meets an old acquaintance, Jack Speedicut (who appears in other of the novels), who enlists him to escort a shipment of Maria Theresa thalers to General Robert Napier's forces in Abyssinia, via Suez.

Omani rial

Before 1940, the Indian rupee and the Maria Theresa Thaler (known locally as the rial) were the main currencies circulating in Muscat and Oman, as the state was then known, with rupees circulating on the coast and Thaler in the interior.


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