Re: Symbol for money.

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From: John Jordan
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 18:54

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Alt <alt@card.kyiv.net> dijo a todos por la internet:

OK, in all the brouhaha over the silly $ symbol, no one has mentioned
the one thing I want to know. I don't care if it advertises the U.S.
dollar or how nationalistic it is. What I do want to know is what is
its origin.

Someone told me once that it started as a capital U with a capital S
overlaid, representing "US." Over time the U became just two vertical
lines. But I'm not sure if that's really the origin. Mexico, for
example, uses it for their peso, and several other countries use it
too. I think the Mexican peso existed before the U.S. was a separate
nation. 

It's just an idle curiosity of mine. I'll live even if no one knows
the answer.


NOTICE: I don't publish my e-mail address. Post in the
newsgroup only.

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