RE:Interesting, then, that the silver currency used in Europe from the 13th century onwards was called "thalers", a short form of the name of the village where the silver was mined. This in due course and with the appropriate vowel and consonant shifts, became ... tahdah! the dollar.

What is even more interesting, is a couple of hundred years before that, is traders from the east(ie, germany)via the norsemen- brought silver coin to england. it was high quality stuff, and was refered to to as easterling silver.. and became sterling.


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