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: any of numerous silver coins issued by various German states from the 15th to the 19th centuries and varying considerably in weight and fineness : a German dollar
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Swashbuckling Count Andras Hadik occupied Berlin for one day in 1757 — in return for 300,000 silver thalers, left without destroying the city.
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Nick Holdsworth, Variety, 18 Feb. 2023
Nick Holdsworth, Variety, 18 Feb. 2023
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