Re: Symbol for money.

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 02:55

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In article <3A206413.D5FB50B@card.kyiv.net>, Alt  <alt@card.kyiv.net> wrote:
> All I know that
> "Dollar" starts from Nederland's (Dutch) "Daller".

AKA "Thaler".

> But it does not explain why Dollar is "S".

In Australia in the '60s and '70s we were taught that "U S -> (us $ symbol
with 2 bars)" and "A S -> (australian $ symbol with one bar)".

> By the way, why Pound is "L"

From the latin. Same reason abbrevation for pound weight is "lb".

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From: peter@abbnm.com (Peter da Silva)
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