J�chymovsk� Tolar incurred during the operation of the local mint under the direction of Pasounu �lik dynasty (1520-1528), one of the leading Czech excavation of the 16th century. The legal basis for their creation became the Czech Provincial Assembly resolutions on January 9, 1520, granting the Erzgebirge monetization of silver. Intensive mining of this metal was in the vicinity of today J�chymova started as early as 1516. According to provincial laws belonged share of the mine Czech king, but it was a minor Louis Jagiello (b. 1506).

For the main guardian of the king Maximilian I. interests were more important South German banks, which was itself a major borrower. A considerable part of newly mined (and untaxed) Czech silver was therefore contrary to provincial laws exported across the border into international network of bullion, which is Czech provincial government tried in vain to prevent the years 1517-1518. A fundamental change was brought to the Emperor's death in 1517, when the European political scene there was a redistribution of spheres of power and influence. Exporters J�chymov silver, if you wanted to avoid legal problems, had to start negotiating on new export conditions and accept the basic rule, according to which the Czech Republic was not allowed to export metallurgical precious metal coins but yes. When it was possible monetization of silver mined tax. For practical reasons, however, Czech nobles not insisted that J�chymov silver was delivered to the government mint in Kutna Hora, but agreed to the establishment of new seigniorage in J�chymova. The third silver should be made current government coins (Prague groschen), two-thirds of large silver minting a new type of high purity, metrologically identical to the so-called. Zlatn�kov�mi gro�i neighboring Saxony. The reason was the fact that from 1520 directed most balanced silver in Saxony, as a form of repayment of foreign investment into the J�chymov mining business and entrepreneurial profit payout. Unification of weight and fineness of the new Czech coins (which according to place of origin became known as "Joachimstaler", abbreviated as "thalers") with Saxon standards was advantageous because supplies from Bohemia on the main market of precious metals in Leipzig, Saxony was possible to immediately integrate into the wider business network, pointing to the northeast (via the Baltic trade network in Russia) and northwest (mainly the Netherlands and Scandinavia).

Given the clearly export-led nature of the J�chymov mining business, most of the time silver mined processed into minted dollars, because it was actually the only way to silver from Bohemia legally exported. In this way, it was beyond the years 1520- 1528 exported several million dollars �likovsk�ch. Most of them, however, was subsequently used as feedstock (silver) for the production of common coins of other sovereigns. Today, therefore �likovsk� Thalers very rare.

The replica is in terms of development youngest and most successful in the artistic sense type J�chymov tolar. In this form, he was struck in the years 1526-1528 on behalf of two Czech kings (Louis Jagiello and Ferdinand I. Habsburg).

Prof. Dr.. Petr Vorel, CSc.