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They're all named after a famous old silver coin from Bohemia:
And also why tahler is seen in some old books, and those in well researched fantasy - some origin.
Colonialism, "$" is a derivative of the shorthand for peso which was the name for the Spanish dollar. So all the locals were calling their money a dollar before the actual "dollar" currencies became a thing.
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