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From: wa371@sdcc12.UUCP (Senior Gnome)
Newsgroups: net.misc,net.jokes
Subject: Re: Ah !  The Good Old Times
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Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 02:11:12 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 27 02:11:12 1985
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Summary: meaning of Joachimstaler

> 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

Not exactly:  ..Joachimstal means 'Joachim's valley', and Joachimstaler is
someone or something from Joachimstal.
Just the same, it is nice to know that the Dollar is a valley.  I suspected
it all along!
Cheers,
Bernd            *** hooray for USENET ***
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