Caleb James DeLisle on Nostr: Another piece of trivia: US dollar comes from the Spanish Dollar, which could be ...

Another piece of trivia: US dollar comes from the Spanish Dollar, which could be broken 2, 4, or 8 ways. AFAIK they had perforations so that the breaks would follow the right line.

This is the origin of the 25 cent piece being referred to as a "quarter", in early days it was 1/4 of a dollar coin.