Editing Dollar (section)

===Etymology===
On 15 January 1520, the [[Lands of the Bohemian Crown|Kingdom of Bohemia]] began minting coins from silver mined locally in [[Jáchymov|Joachimsthal]] and marked on reverse with the [[Bohemian lion]]. The coins were named ''Joachimsthaler'' after the town, becoming shortened in common usage to ''[[thaler]]'' or ''taler''. The town's name is derived from [[Saint Joachim]], coupled with the German word ''Thal'' (''Tal'' in modern spelling), which means 'valley' ([[cf.]] the English term ''dale''); the coin is thus "from the valley of [St] Joachim".<ref>[http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200107-welcome-to-jchymov-the-czech-town-that-invented-the-dollar Welcome to Jáchymov: the Czech town that invented the dollar]. The tiny town of Jáchymov was just named one of Unesco's newest World Heritage sites Five hundred years after coining the first dollar, a tiny mining town is coming to grips with the many ways it shaped the modern world. bbc.com.</ref>

This name found its way into other languages, for example:<ref name="observationdeck">{{cite web|title=Why Is The Dollar Sign A Letter S?|url=http://observationdeck.io9.com/why-is-the-dollar-sign-a-letter-s-1683940575|access-date=2015-02-09|publisher=Observation Deck|archive-date=2015-05-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504043744/http://observationdeck.io9.com/why-is-the-dollar-sign-a-letter-s-1683940575|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* [[German language|German]] — ''[[Thaler]]'' (or ''Taler'')
* [[Czech language|Czech]], [[Slovak language|Slovak]] and [[Slovene language|Slovenian]] — ''[[tolar]]''
* [[Slovak language|Slovak]] — ''toliar''
* [[Croatian language|Croatian]] — ''talir''
* [[Polish language|Polish]] — ''talar''
* [[Low German]] — ''daler''
* [[Dutch language|Dutch]] — ''[[rijksdaalder]]'' (or ''daler'')
* [[Danish language|Danish]] and [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] — ''[[Norwegian rigsdaler|rigsdaler]]''
* [[Latvian language|Latvian]] — ''dālderis''
* [[Swedish language|Swedish]] — ''[[riksdaler]]''
* [[Spanish language|Spanish]] — ''[[Spanish dollar|dólar]]'' (or ''real de a ocho'' or ''peso duro'')
* [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] — ''tallér''
* [[Ethiopian language|Ethiopian]] — ''talari'' (ታላሪ)
* [[English language|English]] — ''dollar''

In contrast to other languages which adopted the second part of word ''joachimsthaler'', the first part found its way into [[Russian language]] and became {{ill|efimok|ru|ефимок}}, {{lang|ru-Latn|yefimok}} (ефимок).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trv-science.ru/2017/06/taler-dollar-efimok/|title=Талер, доллар, ефимок — Троицкий вариант — Наука|date=20 June 2017|access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref>

The predecessor of the Joachimsthaler was the ''[[Guldengroschen]]'' or '''''Guldiner''''' which was a large [[silver]] [[coin]] originally minted in [[German Tyrol|Tirol]] in 1486 and introduced into the [[Duchy of Saxony]] in 1500. The King of Bohemia wanted a similar silver coin, which became the Joachimsthaler.