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@nabeards Wikipedia says that tael is not derived from Thaler like English dollar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liang_(mass)#Name_of_Tael

@nabeards a lot of the global economy from the 16th century to the 18tn century was sailing silver from Mexico and Peru to the Netherlands, whence it passed to China via India, and Manila Galleons carried some East Asian goods from the Philippines to Mexico where they could be carried by land to the ships waiting for silver in the Caribbean. "Its the circle of trade / and it moves us all ..."

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