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After colonies were able to still give the British a kick, use dengooborote pounds shillings was somehow non-kosher. Not all, of course, was settled at once, but the July 6, 1785, Thomas Jefferson proposed, and the Continental Congress approved the name "dollar". Behind the name is to say thank you to the Czechs, "dollar" comes from the word "Yoahimstaler" coins of the XVI century the name, which minted silver mines in the near Yoahimstale town Jáchymov in what is now the Czech Republic. "Yoahimstal" means "dol (valley) Joachim". "Yoahimstaler" was later shortened to "thaler", the words finally reflected in the names of Danish and Swedish Daler, Dutch Daalder, talari Ethiopian, Italian Taller, dalderov in the Flemish language, and in English - dollars.
In America, the so-called Spanish silver coin of 8 reales, which was widely circulated before, during and after the after the Anglo-American warfare. The first US dollar began to be minted in 1794, before there were Spanish coins in use.
The history of the dollar sign - $ is also linked with the Spanish peso (P), to which was added S, (which meant the peso in the plural). Later, traders constantly imposing sign S in the P, simplified it. A two vertical sticks on the dollar symbol derives from the fact that the currency of the Spaniards two columns were engraved, symbolizing the pillars of Gibraltar or, as expressed by the British, "Dollars to the Pillars» \ Pillar Dollar.
There is another version, related abbreviatuaroy USA, but it somehow hurts patriotic look.
In 1864, Americans adopted the law, according to which currency notes is strictly forbidden to place the portraits of the living presidents. The history of the categories of harm's way. There's how it happened: one of the bureaucrats, who sat on the money tap financing issue new banknotes, decided on the sly to perpetuate itself. All anything, there is a war, and may have a ride, with a portrait, but it summed up the libido. The activity of this was known walker and soon became the hero of a sex scandal involving the abuse of his subordinates.
Well, and then we decided: let's forget it. As can be seen from recent history - is justified.
By the way, until 1861, the US actually had a single banknote system. Most monetary transactions carried out through private banks or through the "hard cash", I mean gold, silver coins and bullion.
July 17, 1861 the US Congress passed an act in which it was said: "It's time." And cast away on business printing bills of millions of dollars. Print must be in the «American Bank Note Co.» By act of July 17 was required to print denominations of 5, 10 and 20 dollars. Think about for a moment, what the mountain had nahlopat banknotes. Printers tested paint supplies in warehouses and found that most of the green.
Thus, millions of banknotes were issued with a green flip side. In people, they immediately got the nickname "grinbaki».
Later, the Treasury itself has taken this tradition for a long time the issue of banknotes with only green trafficking. Only in 2004 were produced banknotes of other colors.
By the way, predict States fifth in its history a default, which will cause multiple debts. Although, as said Sukhov, "Well, the floor is hardly"