How did Coins get their names?

In the world of coins and money there are many fascinating stories of how things came to get their names. Let's consider just a few of them in this column.We'll start with the word "money" itself. In ancient Roman times, Juno was the goddess of warning. The Romans were so grateful to her for warning them of important dangers, that they put their mint in her temple and made her guardian of the finances. They called her Juno Moneta. "Moneta" came from the Latin word moneo, meaning "to warn". Our word "money" is derived from this.The word "coin" comes from the Latin cuneus, which means "wedge". This is because the dies that made pieces of money looked like wedges.The "dollar" goes back to the days when money was being coined in Bohemia, where there were silver mines. The mint was located in a place called Joachmsthal, so the coins were called Joachimsthaler. In times this became thaler and finally "dollar".The "dime" comes originally from the Latin word desimus, which means "tenth".The "cent" comes directly from the French word cent, which means "one hundred", and the Latin centum. The idea was that one hundred cents make a dollar.The English "pound" comes from the Latin pondo, which means "pound" as a weight. Originally the full expression was libra pondo, or " a pound by weight". By the way, that's where we get our abbreviation for a pound-lb.The Spanish peso and Italian lira also refers to certain weights.The French franc came from the Latin words Francorum Rex, tor "King of the Franks", which appeared on their first coins. Peru has a coin called the sol. This is Spanish name for the sun. As you know, the Incas of Peru worshipped the sun long ago!The words crown, sovereign, krone, kroon, krona, and corona, all used as names of coins in different countries, show that some crown authority first gave permission to make them. In Panama, the balboa is named in honor of the great explorer, and Venezuela has the bolivar after its national hero.