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| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
Ohhhh, you just know all this stuff, Lira 
So why is a 'dollar' called a dollar? WHY? |
Well, it comes from the Low Germanic word "daler", from German "taler" (1540, later thaler), abbreviation of Joachimstaler, literally "(gulden) of Joachimstal," coin minted 1519 from silver from mine opened 1516 near Joachimstal, town in Erzgebirge Mountains in northwest Bohemia. The German word "Tal" is cognate with Eng. "Dale" (which comes from the O.E. dæl, from P.Gmc. *dalan "valley"). The Continental Congress July 6, 1785, adopted dollar when it set up U.S. currency, on suggestion of Gouverneur Morris and Thomas Jefferson, because the term was widely known but not British.
That's why a "dollar" is called a dollar, I'm not making it up 
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