Heritage Forensics Network - There has been some debate to the authentic nature of this claim where buck became interchangeable with one dollar. Essentially, from everything I've read what I have been able to determine is that 1 buckskin was a high value barter item. So from our pioneer days and trading with the Natives, the word "buck" came to mean the same as our own currency, or 1 buckskin = 1 dollar. A dollar has been called a "buck" as early as the 1820's. Yeah, I might be from Ohio and I just might be an avid OSU fan, but, sorry Michigan, you can't claim this one cause it was a general term! | Facebook
There has been some debate to the authentic nature of this claim where buck became interchangeable with one dollar. Essentially, from everything I've read what I have been able to determine is that 1 buckskin was a high value barter item. So from our pioneer days and trading with the Natives, the word "buck" came to mean the same as our own currency, or 1 buckskin = 1 dollar. A dollar has been called a "buck" as early as the 1820's. Yeah, I might be from Ohio and I just might be an avid OSU fan
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