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in north Germany; ad. LG. lübsch, Du. lubeksch, from Lübeck, of or belonging to
Lübeck, one of the most famous of the Hansa towns of Germany.
Stiver (1502), a small coin, originally silver, of the Low Countries; ad. Du. stuiver,
(M)LG. stüver, (whence Da. styver, Sw. styfver).
Silverling (1526), a shekel; ad. G. silberling or Du. zilverling; this is probably a literary
borrowing as it is found first in Tindale.
Schelling (1535), a silver coin, formerly current in the Low Countries, of the value of
six stivers; ad. Du. schelling. This word appears also as Skilling (1700, S.L. trans.
Fryke's Voy. E. Indies), ad. Du. schelling.
Yokindale (1536), a silver coin of the 16th century varying in value from 15 to 20
shillings Scots; ad. e.LG. jochimdailer, variant joachimsdaler (G. Joachimstaler), ‘the
coin of Joachimstal’ in Bohemia, the original name of the thaler; they were coined
there in 1519 from a silver mine opened in 1516. The modification of this, Dollar
(1553), appears in English in the 16th century in the forms daler, daller; ad. LG. and
e.mod.Du. daler (Du. daalder), alongside the full term. A particular kind of dollar is the
Rix-dollar (1598), a silver coin current from the later part of the 16th century to the
middle of the 19th century in Holland, Germany, Sweden, and Austria, in their
commerce with the East; ad. older Du. rijcksdaler (Kilian), Du. rijksdaalder.
Orkyn (1542, on 6R