世界上每个国家都有自己的货币,这不但于国家经济运作有极大影响,也牵涉到自尊心。说到各国货币的名堂,真是五花八门,但在二十世纪用得最为广泛的一个字眼,非dollar莫属。各国的dollars之中,以美元对国际经济影响最大,但dollar一字的起源,却与美国无关,而是来自一个现在并不用dollar为货币单位的地方。这个地方叫做Joachimsthal,位于波希米亚(Bohemia),亦即今日捷克及斯洛伐克共和国境内。此地产银,而且纯度极高,一五一六年开了一个大银矿,一五一九年设立铸币厂,铸造银币供应德国各邦;因为要标榜货币纯度,起了一个名堂叫Joachimsthaler,就是Joachimsthal制造之意。此币一推出,德 Every country in the world has its own currency, which not only has a tremendous impact on the country’s economy but also implies self-esteem. When it comes to the names of the currencies of various countries, they are really varied. However, the most widely used term in the twentieth century is non-dollar. Of all the countries in the world, the dollar has the most impact on the international economy, but the dollar word has its origin not in the United States, but in a place where the dollar is not the currency now. This place, called Joachimsthal, is located in Bohemia, which is today the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. This real estate silver, but also extremely high purity, opened a large silver mine in 1516, set up a mint in 1915, casting silver coins for the German states; because of the purity of money to be advertised, played a name Joachimsthaler, It is what Joachimsthal made. This currency is launched, Germany