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Thread #149707 Message #3485153
Posted By: dick greenhaus
01-Mar-13 - 01:50 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: why is the US dollar called a 'buck?'
Subject: RE: Folklore: why is the US dollar called a 'buck?'
Jon-
My quote a only intended to illustrate the early use of "buck" as a unit of currency.
BTW, re "dollar", check out Macbeth: "That now
Sweno, the Norways' king, craves composition:
Nor would we deign him burial of his men
Till he disbursed at Saint Colme's inch
Ten thousand dollars to our general use.
Act 1 scene 2