THE DOLLAR

Fill in the gaps with a suitable word. Several right answers can be possible:

The dollar (1) the basic unit of (2) in the (3) after the Revolutionary War. The name comes from the old German (4) 'thal', which (5) valley. One of the earliest (6) of this type was (7) in 1519 in the valley of St. Joachim in Bohemia and was (8) 'Joachimsthaler' and later 'thaler'. The word 'thaler' was brought to the States by German (9) , and the English speaking people (10) it 'dollar'.

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