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 :
or $ ? 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.
Here's another hypothesis of the Development of the dollar sign :
- Samira
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 }
or $ ? 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.
Here's another hypothesis of the Development of the dollar sign :
- Samira
