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At first it was not known that the sand dollars are living things. People thought (myth) it was like a large coin and that it was the coin/dollar used by the sea mermaids. It was found on beach sands. hence the name sand dollars.

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15y ago

children in Maine use to think that sand dollars were money that mermaids used

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12y ago

because it lives in the sand and it is green alive and white dead

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12y ago

there like made of sand bro...

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