Hieronymus Schlick was a
Bohemian
Bohemian or Bohemians may refer to:
*Anything of or relating to Bohemia
Beer
* National Bohemian, a brand brewed by Pabst
* Bohemian, a brand of beer brewed by Molson Coors
Culture and arts
* Bohemianism, an unconventional lifestyle, origin ...
count who authorised the minting of ''joachimstalers ,''after
Joachimstal, the valley in which the silver was mined. Joachimstalers was later shortened to
taler, the origin of the word "
dollar
Dollar is the name of more than 20 currencies. They include the Australian dollar, Brunei dollar, Canadian dollar, Hong Kong dollar, Jamaican dollar, Liberian dollar, Namibian dollar, New Taiwan dollar, New Zealand dollar, Singapore dollar, ...
".
References
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15th-century Bohemian people
Medieval Bohemian nobility
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