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What is the meaning of the dollar sign?

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Have you ever wondered what does the Dollar symbol refer to? Why it's an S instead of a D ? Does it have one or two lines?

1 - Actually $ reffers to many other currencies besides the US dollar, here's a list :

  • Dollar : Currency of : Australia, Brunei, Canada, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Liberia, Namibia, Taiwan, New Zealand, Singapore
  • Peso : Several countries in South America and the Philippines (In Philippines the symbol is ₱)
  • Brazilian real : Currency of Brazil
  • Nicaraguan cordoba : Currency of Nicaragua
  • Tonga pa'anga : Currency of Tonga
  • Cape Verdean escudo : Currency of Cape Verde
  • Portuguese escudo : Currency of Portugal
  • Surinamese dollar : Currency of Suriname
  • The cifrão, a similar symbol, {\displaystyle \mathrm {S} \!\!\!\Vert }
    {\mathrm  {S}}\!\!\!\Vert
2 - Cifrão symbol.svgor $ ? And what does the Symbol $ mean?

Well, many suggestions have been made about the origin of this symbol, the most documented hypothesis says that :
The dollar sign started as a U on top of an S, as in <United States> Over time, the bottom of the U disappeared, thus, the S is left with two lines through it.. Later, the lines were simplified to only one line.

Old-dollar-symbol.jpg

Here's another hypothesis of the Development of the dollar sign :

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- Samira
 
The same as the € or any other currency symbol --somewhat arbitrary AFIK
Lately, I have seen the $ used to demark a $STK symbol --pretty dumb repurposing IMO
**added the U+S explanation seems iffy to me
English colonists in America used the word dollar from 1580s in reference to Spanish peso or "piece of eight," also a large silver coin of about the same fineness as the thaler. Due to extensive trade with the Spanish Indies and the proximity of Spanish colonies along the Gulf Coast, the Spanish dollar probably was the coin most familiar in the American colonies and the closest thing to a standard in all of them.

When the Revolution came, it had the added advantage of not being British. It was used in the government's records of public debt and expenditures, and the Continental Congress in 1786 adopted dollar as a unit when it set up the modern U.S. currency system, which was based on the suggestion of Gouverneur Morris (1782) as modified by Thomas Jefferson. None were circulated until 1794.
Had to search to find this possible explanation
Seems credidible
 
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