2007-03-16 04:22:41 · 3 answers · asked by pandpgirl 2 in Social Science ➔ Economics
Because it made cents.
2007-03-16 04:26:27 · answer #1 · answered by joemammysbigguns 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it made -- oops to late. Anyway, when the founding fathers were launching new things in the new U.S., they wanted to differentiate themselves from the British. We darn near adopted German as the language (whew). Anyway, "dollar" was a variant of a name for money units back in the day, so the US adopted that name for the coin of the realm.
The word origin form the dictionary:
[Origin: 1545–55; earlier daler < LG, D daler; c. G Taler, short for Joachimsthaler coin minted in Joachimsthal in Bohemia]
2007-03-16 09:20:22 · answer #2 · answered by KevinStud99 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe, whoever was in charge of coming up with a name, got drunk one night, and blurted it out.
2007-03-23 02:27:21 · answer #3 · answered by kmf77 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋