Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site druri.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!drutx!druri!jhs From: jhs@druri.UUCP (ShoreJ) Newsgroups: net.misc,net.jokes Subject: Re: Ah ! The Good Old Times Message-ID: <1104@druri.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 11:28:50 EDT Article-I.D.: druri.1104 Posted: Tue Jun 25 11:28:50 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Jun-85 06:48:25 EDT References: <1046@peora.UUCP> <305@ihlpa.UUCP> <196@frog.UUCP>, <196@persci.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 5 Keywords: usury Xref: watmath net.misc:8160 net.jokes:12968 Regarding origin of "dollar": According to the 1980 edition of "The American Heritage Dictionary...", dollar comes from the Low German `Taler', a short form of `Joachimstaler' meaning "a coin made with metal from Joachim