The tiny Czech town of Jachymov was just named one of Unesco’s newest World Heritage sites. (Photo: Eliot Stein/BBC)

The tiny Czech town of Jachymov was just named one of Unesco’s newest World Heritage sites. (Photo: Eliot Stein/BBC)

An effigy of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos J could be seen at Sunday’s protests in Manila (Photo: EPA/BBC)

While the first thaler had an image of Joachim and the Bohemian lion, subsequent versions paid homage to ruling kings (Photo: Eliot Stein/BBC)