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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DrHenley, post: 1714266, member: 50741&quot;]<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=leeuwendaalder&amp;spell=1&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=5nGdUcOEFY-k8QSwhICoCg&amp;ved=0CC8QvwUoAA" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=leeuwendaalder&amp;spell=1&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=5nGdUcOEFY-k8QSwhICoCg&amp;ved=0CC8QvwUoAA" rel="nofollow"><b><i>leeuwendaalder</i></b></a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is my understanding:</p><p><br /></p><p>We got &quot;dollar&quot; indirectly from &quot;taler.&quot;&nbsp; (originally &quot;thaler&quot;).&nbsp;&nbsp; The Dutch version of the taler, spelled daaler or daler, which made it to America via the Dutch colonists, is where we get the word &quot;dollar&quot; from.&nbsp; Both tal and dal mean valley (&quot;dell&quot; or &quot;dale&quot; in English).&nbsp; The silver rich valleys in Europe were where the talers were minted.&nbsp; Originally in Joachimsthal (St. Joachim&#039;s Valley in Bohemia)&nbsp; thus the coins were called Joachimsthalers meaning they came from Joachimsthal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=leeuwendaalder&amp;spell=1&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=5nGdUcOEFY-k8QSwhICoCg&amp;ved=0CC8QvwUoAA" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=leeuwendaalder&amp;spell=1&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=5nGdUcOEFY-k8QSwhICoCg&amp;ved=0CC8QvwUoAA" rel="nofollow"><b><i>leeuwendaalder</i></b></a> (lion dollar) from the colonial period (1641), which I believe is THE original American dollar coin.&nbsp; Then when in the 18th century the Spanish Peso (AKA 8 Reales coin or Piece of Eight) became the common coin coin in America due to the huge quantities minted in the Spanish colonies, it was called a &quot;dollar&quot; due to its similarity to the daler.&nbsp; The &quot;Spanish Milled Dollar&quot;&nbsp; is mentioned by name in the Coinage Act of 1792 as the basis of the American Dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=264147&amp;d=1369271868" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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