A silver coin used in Dutch, German, and Scandinavian countries during the 16th-18th centuries, often featuring the image of a lion or coat of arms.
From Low German or Dutch, derived from 'daler' or 'thaler,' which came from Joachimsthal, a town in Bohemia famous for silver mining. This eventually evolved into the English word 'dollar.'
The word 'dollar' that we use today comes directly from the daaler coin—when English colonists in America wanted a reliable currency standard, they chose the familiar daaler because it was widely trusted and used in international trade.
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