Mohave County miner., 1893-04-08
Samss u cs,ss.

The form, one Of the most famous ol
modern COINS, originated In Florence.
some say that II gave the nsns to the
civ. While others assert that Il vas firs,
20 called because II had on Il fieur de-
n. iron the Italian forone or 'fiower,' .
ior the same reason that an English oil.
ver piece ID called u Crown" or certain
sold pieces IN France indifFerently called
Z "Napoleon," or LOUIS" or the ten.
dollar god piece in America an "eaglo. -
For several hundred years, and down
t,s com paratively recent date, accord.
ius " the Home Journal, money was
coined st from twenty five to thirty differ.
snt lies in France that had Inherited
the privilege. Nov all French money ID
cojnsd at the Paris mint. Few French
sold pieces. are however. in circulation,
sx~ps those hearing the head Of Napoleon
III, and silver pieces Of the same coin AZ.
are almost as common. French silver
coins wear admirably, and pieces of the
rsisn OF Charles X. Louis XVII and Map.
oIeon are very com non. The standard
coins on the continent are: In France.
In franc; in Italy, the lirs; in Holland
and Austria, the form IN Germany, the
mark: in Russia, the ruble. Belgium
and S~iizerland u.e French names for
the piece OF twenty sous. Each OF these
is, like the American dollar, divided into
100 pmrs, called kopeck in Russia, pfen-
mig in Germany, kreufzer in Austria, cent
in Holland and Italy, France and Spain
by the word meaning hundreth. The
word shilling is Of German derivation,
like penny, which comes from the Ger.
man pfennig The word crown comes
from the image placed on the coin. The
name franc was given by King John, who
6rst coined these pieces in 1850.
They bore the motto lie Roi Frank"
ding Of the Franks and were Of two
kinds, one representing the King on
horseback. the other on foot. The frame
wss formerly called the livre (pound,
though the connection with any special
weight is not evident. THE name Of the
German coin, mark, meaning y weight
Of eish, ounees, was formally in general
use in Europe.
The name Of the Italian coin that cor
responds with the francs (lira) also means
pound. The coins in present use IN
Spain have their names from other sourc.
e~ The fve-cent piece. which CORES.
ponds With the American dollar, is called
escude (shieId.)
'.Pesets," the name o. the small coin
representing the monetary standard
means simply little piece !" .Rnble'
ia iron the word mesning ITO Gu" and
WAS 30 called because originally ~
coin was made with an ornamental edge
few persons have ever troubled th-m
selves to think OF the derivation Of the
word dollar. 1t il from the German word
thai (vallev,) nd came into use in this
way some three hundred years ago
There is little silver mining city or dis
srict in Northern Bohemia called Joschi
mstbal. Joachims Valley. The reisninS
duke Of the region authorized the city
in the sixteeth century. TO coin silver
piece which was called "Joaehimthaler, >
the word "joschim" wss soon dropped
and the word "thsler" only retained
The piece went into general use in
10 Germany and Denmark, where the
photography was changed to "daler,'
whence it came into Engllsh and Wal
adopted by the Americans with still fur
ihsr change in the spellinv. The Mex
lean dollar 10 generally ''piastre" ~
France, and the name ID sometimes ap
piled TO the United States dollar.
The sppellstion is incorrect in either
case, ior the word plaster or piastre ba'
is The last .orty years been only applied
With correctness to = small silver co'f
used in Turkey or Egypt. which IL worth
irom Eve 10 eight cents.--Queen Mags
zine
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