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unusual facts about Thaler


The Flail from Heaven

The butcher, having no currency on him, bartered a measure of turnip-seed with the peasant, offering should the peasant return to him with the measure of rapeseed he would exchange a Brabant thaler for each seed.


Konrad Thaler

Peter J. Schwendinger, other Austrian arachnologist, studied with Konrad Thaler, in Innsbruck University.

Kreuzer

The South German Currency Union of 1837 used a system of 60 Kreuzer = 1 Gulden and 1¾ Gulden = 1 Thaler, with the Kreuzer equal to the old Kreuzer Landmünze.

Linda Kaplan Thaler

Before that, Kaplan Thaler spent 17 years at JWT, where she held the post of Senior Vice President, Group.

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.

Port international de Port-au-Prince

On 13 June 1872, a German fleet composed of SMS Vineta and SMS Gazelle seized Haitian Navy ships Union and Mont Organisé which were anchored in the port, as a means of pressure to have the Haitian government pay a 20,000 thaler debt to a German businessman.

Saxon thaler

In 1841, Saxony partially decimalized, dividing the Thaler (now equal to the Prussian Thaler) into 30 Neugroschen, each of 10 Pfennig.

Starlock

Released by astronaut Nick Thaler, Starlock takes over Thaler's body and returns to Earth.


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