[DOC] [TLE] Thaler - Wikipedia [PAR] The thaler was a silver coin used throughout Europe for almost four hundred 
years. Its name lives on in the many currencies called dollar and, until recently, 
also in the Slovenian tolar. To begin with, the name "thaler" was used as an 
abbreviation of "Joachimsthaler", a coin .... In 1837, the Prussian thaler became 
part of a currency union which set the... [DOC] [TLE] Dollar - Wikipedia [PAR] Dollar is the name of more than twenty currencies, including (ordered by 
population) those of ... The German name "Joachimsthal" literally means "
Joachim's valley" or ... from U.S. coinage by 1965 and the dollar became a free-
floating fiat currency ... The tala is based on the Samoan pronunciation of the 
word "dollar". [DOC] [TLE] Origin and history of the Word Dollar and Dollar Sign [PAR] Jun 10, 2015 ... The word dollar is much older than the American unit of currency. ... minted in 
1519 from locally mined silver in Joachimsthal in Bohemia. ... Thaler is a 
shortened form of the term by which the coin was originally known - 
Joachimsthaler. ... See the website for additional information about the history of 
money. [DOC] [TLE] How did coins get their names? - Fleur de Coin [PAR] Even the word coin translates from the Latin "cuneus," meaning wedge, because 
early coins ... The thaler eventually lost its lisp and became the dollar. [DOC] [TLE] h2g2 - The Mines of Joachimsthal - Edited Entry [PAR] Apr 21, 2006 ... The Mines of Joachimsthal, from the edited h2g2, the ... that the term 'thaler' 
spread through Europe, and changed to 'dollar' in the Netherlands. [DOC] [TLE] Radio Prague - Mailbox [PAR] Jul 9, 2006 ... During the Holy Roman Empire, these mines provided "thalers". These were 
coins of silver. The word "thaler" has evolved into the more modern word "dollar". 
... and became accepted as legal tender, they became known as thalers. ... in 
Sankt Joachimsthal because the value of the metal dropped with the... [DOC] [TLE] How the world's currencies got their names | The Independent [PAR] Mar 18, 2016 ... Below, find out where these everyday words come from. Dollar. ... Coins minted 
from this mine became "joachimsthaler," which was later shortened to "thaler" 
and which ... thieves would shave off small portions of the metal to create new 
coins. ... The 'live' ticker of donations on Donald Trump's website isn't... [DOC] [TLE] Currency and Coinage - Dictionary definition of Currency and ... [PAR] It comes from the English corruption of the German word "thaler," the term for the 
widely circulated silver coin from the Joachimsthal silver-mining center, which 
was ... In addition, gold coins would serve as multiples of the dollar, as in "eagles,
" or ... the volume of coinage, as a fraction of total paper and metal currency, 
shrank... [DOC] [TLE] How the world's currencies got their names - AOL Finance - AOL.com [PAR] Jun 9, 2016 ... But have you ever wondered why a dollar is called a 'dollar'? ... Coins minted 
from this mine became "joachimsthaler," which was later shortened to "thaler" 
and ... The Latin word "regalis," meaning "royal," is the origin for the Omani ... 
thieves would shave off small portions of the metal to create new coins. [DOC] [TLE] The Power of Helium | VolcanoCafe [PAR] Aug 4, 2016 ... Worldwide production (or rather, mining) of helium is 175 million cubic .... to 
Ontake, but not at more distant sites, showed an increasing fraction of He-3. ... 
Coins made out of its metal became known as 'thaler', a word that ... In the US, '
thaler' became 'dollar'; in this form, Joachimsthaler still rules the world. [DOC] [TLE] De Re Metallica full text & illustrated. Agricola. Hoover. - Farlang [PAR] Oct 4, 2015 ... Georgius Agricola  a renaissance scholar on mining ... iron

Question: The word thaler, which became dollar, is from Joachimsthal, site of a mine for this metal
Answer: silver