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  • 简介:TheoriginofthealmightydollarisinwhatisnowtheCzechRepublic.In1519,asilverminenearthetownofJoachimstal(literally"Joachim'svalley,"fromtheGerman,Tal,meaningvalley)beganmintingasilvercoincalled,unimaginatively,theJoachimstaler.Thecoin,whichwascirculatedwidely,becamebetterknownbyitsclippedform,thetaler.InDutchandLowGerman,theinitialconsonantsoftenedtobecomedaler.Englishadoptedthisform,eventuallychangingitsspellingtothemoderndolla...

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