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the coin so influential it accidentally named the dollar.
means a large silver coin minted in europe from the 1500s onward that became the template for modern currency worldwide.
from short for joachimsthaler, coined from silver mined near joachimsthal in bohemia starting in 1518; the name traveled through german, dutch daalder, and english into dollar.
name chainthaler to daalder to dollar, three languages deep
silver sourcenamed after a single bohemian mining valley
maria theresa thalerstill minted and traded in parts of africa
legal weightstandardized silver content shaped european trade for centuries
for instance
joachimsthaler 1518 — the original bohemian coin that started the whole lineage
maria theresa thaler — 1741 austrian coin still used as trade currency in ethiopia and yemen
reichsthaler — official currency unit across german states for over 300 years
spanish dollar — cousin coin nicknamed piece of eight, direct ancestor of us dollar symbol