by wickedwillie on March 13th, 2005

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What's the origin of the word "dollar"?

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  • by Jillifish on March 19th, 2005

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    Low German daler, taler, from German Taler, short for Joachimstaler, afterJoachimstal (Jáchymov), a town of northwest Czech Republic where similar coins were first minted.
    (source The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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