225th Anniversary of the U. S. Dollar or about Czech Way Leading to Its Name

Petr Marek

doi:10.18267/j.efaj.46

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225th Anniversary of the U. S. Dollar or about Czech Way Leading to Its Name

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Dear readers, this year it will be 225 years from 6th July, 1785 – the day when dollar was declared the money unit of the United States of America by the Second Continental Congress
The Schlick family based on the intensive diplomatic negotiations managed to obtain the consent of the Czech Provincial Assembly on 9th January, 1520 to set up a private mint
It was later followed by the approval of the Czech King Louis Jagiellon

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This year it will be 225 years from 6th July, 1785 – the day when dollar was declared the money unit of the United States of America by the Second Continental Congress. The issue of the dollar itself was done 7 years later based on the Coinage Act at 2nd April, 1792. I would like to use this anniversary to commemorate the Czech tracks in the word dollar.

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