Dollar
The word DOLLAR originally started out in English as doler.
In the 16th century, the present day town of Jachymov, situated in the Erzgebirge Mountains, Czechoslavakia, was known as Sankt Joachimsthal and was in Bohemia.
In 1519, under the direction of the Count of Schlick, large coins were minted there using silver from a nearby mine.
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