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How did the dollar sign ($) originate?
short by Sanira Mediratta / on Wednesday, 18 January, 2017
The most widely accepted theory about the origin of the dollar sign ($) states that it dates back to the Spanish peso, with manuscripts showing that the peso was abbreviated as PS. Over time, the abbreviation was written as S on top of the P, producing an approximation of '
. The symbol was used by the US in the 1800s.
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