Subj : Hope you enjoyed that
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Aug 19 2004 12:05 pm

  Re: Hope you enjoyed that
  By: Angus Mcleod to Spaceman Spiff on Wed Aug 18 2004 08:40 pm

 > BTW, there are two schools of thought over the $ sign.  One says that the
 > original 'Pieces of Eight' bore the initials of Philip of Spain, a P and an 
 > written one over the other.  Write a P and S on top of each other and you wi
 > come very close to the present day $ sign.  Another theory is that the Spani
 > royal family used a sign consisting of the two pillars of Hercules, crossed 
 > a swirling banner in the shape of an S.

If you place a thin U over an S, you come very close to the present day $ sign
too. I thought I remember seeing old US currency that used that symbol (and so
I thought that's where the $ sign came from).

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