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 DOLLAR
The word DOLLAR comes from the old German DALER or TALER,
an abbreviation of JOACHIMSTAHLER.
The name of a silver coin, imprinted with en effigy of Saint Joachim whish
was first struck in 1519 in what is now
Germany.
Later a large milled edged silver coin called PESO DURO (hard dollar) was
minted in the
Spain
and widely used in the Spanish and English colonies of the NEW WORLD.
The Great
Seal of the
United States
Painting by
Andy Warhol
For
more information, here are 3 interesting links : http://www.greatseal.com http://www.greatseal.com/sitemap.html
http://www.greatseal.com/levels/level1.html
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