[Noisebridge-discuss] looking for the origin of the dollar

[Shannon Lee]

"Dollar" comes from the dutch "thaler," which was fairly common currency in
the new world at the time of the American revolution.

--S

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Lee Sonko <lee at lee.org> wrote:

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> At a recent 5MoF someone spoke about "community hours", Ithaca Hours and
> currency replacements. This might have been Michael Rogers during his talk
> "Corporate Peoplehood - Can a corporation become the embodiment of a
> people?"
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> I recall at recent 5MoF event someone talking about the origin of the word
> "dollar" and how stemed from the phrase "days of labor". I want to find
> this
> person and tap them lightly with a truth stick. Does anyone recall this
> talk
> and presenter?
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