Money: England
The Thistle-crown of James VI. of Scotland (James I. of England), value four shillings, was so called because it had a rose on one side and a thistle on the other; both surmounted by a crown. The Scottish sovereign of this period was styled a Jacobus, the Latinized form of the King's name.
After the union of the two countries it became, of course, current in England also; but in the two succeeding reigns it was denominated a Carollus, the Latinized description of Charles. A French gold coin long current in Scotland was the Dolphin, which derived its name from the fact of its introduction by Charles V., who was also Dauphin of Vienne. The French Louis d'or literally signified the gold of King Louis, which coin was at length superseded by the Napoleon, during the Money. consulate of Napoleon Bonaparte. The Franc originally denoted the silver coin of the Franks.
The term Dollar is a British modification of the German Thaler, an abbreviation of Joachim's- Thaler; by which was implied a piece of money struck out of the silver discovered in the Thal, or Valley, of St. Joachim, France, about the year 1518. The silver drawn from this valley being of superior quality, it was coined into ounce pieces, which received the name of Joachims-Thalers; but all other ounce pieces subsequently struck from silver obtained elsewhere were simply called Thalers.
The Kreuzer, now superseded, owed its name to the cross on.its reverse side.
Wood's Halfpence was the designation of an inferior copper coinage circulated in Ireland by a certain William Wood, under a patent granted to him by George I. The withdrawal of the patent was eventually procured owing to the denunciations of Dean Swift in the mysterious "Drapier's Letters." The legal tender notes of the United States are commonly styled Greenbacks, from the colour of the device imprinted on the back of them. Bank of England notes formerly bore the name of Abraham Newlands from the signature of the chief cashier.