Historia slowa "Dollar"

pawel_z_melb wikipedia 16.04.07, 19:18

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History

The name Thaler (from thal, or nowadays usually Tal, "valley", cognate with
"dale" in English) came from the German coin Guldengroschen ("great guilder",
being of silver but equal in value to a gold guilder), minted from the silver
from a rich mine at Joachimsthal - Jáchymov (St. Joachim's Valley) in Bohemia
(then part of the Holy Roman Empire, now part of the Czech Republic).

The name is historically related to the tolar in Slovenia (Slovenian tolar) and
Bohemia, the daalder in the Netherlands and daler in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway.

The name "Spanish dollar" was used for a Spanish coin, the peso, worth eight
reals (hence the nickname "pieces of eight"), which was widely circulated during
the 18th century in the Spanish colonies in the New World. The use of the
Spanish dollar and the Maria Theresa thaler as legal tender for the early United
States are the reasons for the name of the nation's currency. However, the word
dollar was in use in the English language as slang or mis-pronunciation for the
thaler for about 200 years before the American Revolution, with many quotes in
the plays of Shakespeare referring to dollars as money. Spanish dollars were in
circulation in the Thirteen Colonies that became the United States, and were
legal tender in Virginia.

The Dutch lion dollar circulated throughout the Middle East and was imitated in
several German and Italian cities. It was also popular in the Dutch East Indies
as well as in the Dutch New Netherlands Colony (New York). The lion dollar also
circulated throughout the English colonies during the Seventeenth and early
Eighteenth centuries. Examples circulating in the colonies were usually fairly
well worn so that the design was not fully distinguishable, thus they were
sometimes referred to as "dog dollars."[1]

Coins known as dollars were also in use in Scotland during the 17th century, and
there is a claim that the use of the English word, and perhaps even the use of
the coin, began at the University of St Andrews. This explains the sum of 'Ten
thousand dollars' mentioned in Macbeth (Act I, Scene II), although the real
Macbeth upon whom the play was based lived in the 11th century, making the
reference anachronistic.

In the early 19th century, a British five-shilling piece, or crown, was
sometimes called a dollar, probably because its appearance was similar to the
Spanish dollar. This expression appeared again in the 1940s, when U.S. troops
came to the UK during World War II. At the time a U.S. dollar was worth about
5s., so some of the U.S. soldiers started calling it a dollar. Consequently,
they called the half crown "half a dollar", and the expression caught on among
some locals and could be heard into the 1960s.

In the early days of the United States, the dollar was a defined unit of trade
equal to 412.5 grains (26.73 g) of 90% silver. Today the definition of a dollar
is still defined at $1.29 per fine ounce of silver by United States code Title
31 Section 5116 however Federal Reserve banks are only prejudiced to deliver tax
credits instead of money. The silver content of U.S. coinage was mostly removed
in 1965 and the dollar essentially became a baseless free-floating fiat
currency; though the U.S. Mint continues to make silver $1 bullion coins at this
weight. It is believed that the original green color and other specific designs
of a paper dollar were introduced by 2 Armenian brothers from Massachusetts who
were Near-Eastern immigrants.[citation needed]

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pawel_z_melb Re: Historia slowa "Dollar" 16.04.07, 19:14

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pawel_z_melb wikipedia 16.04.07, 19:18

podaje ze
History

The name Thaler (from thal, or nowadays usually Tal, "valley", cognate with
"dale" in English) came from the German coin Guldengroschen ("great guilder",
being of silver but equal in value to a gold guilder), minted from the silver
from a rich mine at Joachimsthal - Jáchymov (St. Joachim's Valley) in Bohemia
(then part of the Holy Roman Empire, now part of the Czech Republic).

The name is historically related to the tolar in Slovenia (Slovenian tolar) and
Bohemia, the daalder in the Netherlands and daler in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway.

The name "Spanish dollar" was used for a Spanish coin, the peso, worth eight
reals (hence the nickname "pieces of eight"), which was widely circulated during
the 18th century in the Spanish colonies in the New World. The use of the
Spanish dollar and the Maria Theresa thaler as legal tender for the early United
States are the reasons for the name of the nation's currency. However, the word
dollar was in use in the English language as slang or mis-pronunciation for the
thaler for about 200 years before the American Revolution, with many quotes in
the plays of Shakespeare referring to dollars as money. Spanish dollars were in
circulation in the Thirteen Colonies that became the United States, and were
legal tender in Virginia.

The Dutch lion dollar circulated throughout the Middle East and was imitated in
several German and Italian cities. It was also popular in the Dutch East Indies
as well as in the Dutch New Netherlands Colony (New York). The lion dollar also
circulated throughout the English colonies during the Seventeenth and early
Eighteenth centuries. Examples circulating in the colonies were usually fairly
well worn so that the design was not fully distinguishable, thus they were
sometimes referred to as "dog dollars."[1]

Coins known as dollars were also in use in Scotland during the 17th century, and
there is a claim that the use of the English word, and perhaps even the use of
the coin, began at the University of St Andrews. This explains the sum of 'Ten
thousand dollars' mentioned in Macbeth (Act I, Scene II), although the real
Macbeth upon whom the play was based lived in the 11th century, making the
reference anachronistic.

In the early 19th century, a British five-shilling piece, or crown, was
sometimes called a dollar, probably because its appearance was similar to the
Spanish dollar. This expression appeared again in the 1940s, when U.S. troops
came to the UK during World War II. At the time a U.S. dollar was worth about
5s., so some of the U.S. soldiers started calling it a dollar. Consequently,
they called the half crown "half a dollar", and the expression caught on among
some locals and could be heard into the 1960s.

In the early days of the United States, the dollar was a defined unit of trade
equal to 412.5 grains (26.73 g) of 90% silver. Today the definition of a dollar
is still defined at $1.29 per fine ounce of silver by United States code Title
31 Section 5116 however Federal Reserve banks are only prejudiced to deliver tax
credits instead of money. The silver content of U.S. coinage was mostly removed
in 1965 and the dollar essentially became a baseless free-floating fiat
currency; though the U.S. Mint continues to make silver $1 bullion coins at this
weight. It is believed that the original green color and other specific designs
of a paper dollar were introduced by 2 Armenian brothers from Massachusetts who
were Near-Eastern immigrants.[citation needed]

[edit] Synonyms and slang
fan.club Pięknie, chłopcy, to opisaliście. 16.04.07, 21:35

Przepięknie. Coorva.
- unaswameryce Re: Pięknie, chłopcy, to opisaliście. 16.04.07, 21:42
  
  to ze jak? ze dollar to zloto he he a tak powaznie to mam 500 dolarowy banknot
  chyba z 1934 roku na ktorym obiecuja mi ze ma pokrycie w zlocie. Ciekawe czy on
  wogole jest prawdziwy ten banknot.
caesar_pl Re: Historia slowa "Dollar" 17.04.07, 05:35

Dobrze ze nie z polskiego.Polacy by wariowali na kazdym kroku,ze dolar to od nich.W Niemczech nikt o tej histori nie wie.A co ich to obchodzi.Polacy byli by tak dumni.!!!bo dupki...

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