Varga Máté – Költő László: A csökölyi tallérlelet - A Kaposvári Rippl-Rónai Múzeum Éremgyűjteménye 2. (Kaposvár, 2018)
A csökölyi tallérlelet. Tallérok Somogy megyében
A HOARD OF THALERS FROM CSÖKÖLY • THALERS IN SOMOGY COUNTY The village Csököly is located in the middle part of Somogy County 25 kilometres southwest of Kaposvár (Fig. 3). The village was first mentioned in the papal tithe list from 1333-34 according to it, the settlement was a temple place. Its church was consecrated in honour of St. Martin (although it was only mentioned in 1718). The settlement was the possession of the bishop of Veszprém in the Middle Ages and in the Early New Ages. There are several sources referring to the church of the village from the period of the Ottoman occupation so its inhabitants could live in relative peace at that time. In the present-day centre of the settlement there is a larger square-like splay today. On its eastern edge stands a Roman Catholic Church on medieval grounds. The village was also lying here in the Middle Ages and in the Early New Ages. The coin hoards were found northward not far from the church. In 1993 the museum received a notification from Agnes Toplak according to which Józsefné Kántor and Ferencné Toplak had found 3 pieces of silver Thalers during hoeing in the shallow deep. The Thalers were later showed to the museum (Fig. 1). Subsequently the colleagues from the Rippl-Rónai Museum in Kaposvár had carried out an on-the-spot rescue excavation led by László Költő. They have found the nest of the coin hoard hidden in an pottery (Fig. 2). 54 pieces of silver Thalers came to light all together with the previously found ones (Cat. No. 1-54) from the garden of the site No. 71 in Petőfi Street just next to a vineyard. One more Thaler was found northward about 100 meters away from the coin hoard spot (Cat. No. 55). Although it does not belong to the coin hoards directly, it is thought to be worth publishing together with the other ones. It can be declared that the excavated coins are generally in good condition and only some slight damages or abrasions can be found on them. New kind of silver coins were minted first in Tyrol during the reign of Archduke Sigismund. The first guldengroschen or guldiner was minted in 1486. Patterned according to this the minting of good quality and high value silver coins begin at more places. Less weighted and argentiferous coins were called Joachimsthalers later the word was shortened to the forms of Thaler and Taler. They were minted in Joachimsthal (today: Jáchymov, Czech Republic) from 1519/1520. The most and most multifarious Thalers were minted on the territory of the Holy Roman Empire. Therefore by the end of the 16th century not only the various gold coins but also the Thalers were value for money. Their circulation in Hungary became significant by the end of the 16th century. A large number of Thalers could come primarily through trade secondly as the mercenary soldiers’ payment. 15
