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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1596671, member: 66&quot;]Eric Newman did a nice study on the origin of the dollar sign.&nbsp; According to him it came from the abbreviation for Pesos which was used for the spanish 8 reales.&nbsp; Originally it was written as Ps, then the s became superimposed on the upright of the P.&nbsp; As time passed the upper loop of the P got smaller while the S got bigger.&nbsp; Eventually the upper loop of the P disappeared just leaving the upright through it.&nbsp; $&nbsp;&nbsp; He had a series of account books covering maybe a 100 year period that illustrated the evolution of the symbol.&nbsp; It is possible though that the superimposing of the S on the P could have been suggested by the Potosi mintmarks on some of the 8 reales that the bookkeeper had on hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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