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<p>[QUOTE="John14, post: 1597558, member: 41136"]<span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">Swervo513 – I also agree there is a lot of unreliable sources out there online and in literature. The reason I linked Wiki is because it went through all the theories (to be fair), and made it easy for someone else reading the thread to see what we were discussing. </font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">Doug – I hope you know that I respect your knowledge, background, and job as administrator. This and "black ring airtites" is the only thing we have disagreed with; and I have read many of your debates on CT. I just feel this debate could go on forever like “Global Warming” and “Did Dinosaurs Exist At The Same Time As Man”. Working 60+ hours a week, and having family in town for the holidays makes me not have the energy for debate like Juan Blanco has <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. At some point I lost track on what we were really talking about. The dollar sign with one vertical line or two? And going off the Potosi Mint Mark theory; are you saying that was the origin of the dollar sign in the USA, another country, or the origin of the dollar sign period? To me, this pillar:</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri"> [ATTACH]223955.vB[/ATTACH] </font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">is the closest thing that resembles the modern day dollar sign. If you would give me your main source in why you believe the Potosi Mint Mark theory is correct, I will try to search it out over the holidays to look at it. </font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John14, post: 1597558, member: 41136"][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]Swervo513 – I also agree there is a lot of unreliable sources out there online and in literature. The reason I linked Wiki is because it went through all the theories (to be fair), and made it easy for someone else reading the thread to see what we were discussing. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]Doug – I hope you know that I respect your knowledge, background, and job as administrator. This and "black ring airtites" is the only thing we have disagreed with; and I have read many of your debates on CT. I just feel this debate could go on forever like “Global Warming” and “Did Dinosaurs Exist At The Same Time As Man”. Working 60+ hours a week, and having family in town for the holidays makes me not have the energy for debate like Juan Blanco has ;). At some point I lost track on what we were really talking about. The dollar sign with one vertical line or two? And going off the Potosi Mint Mark theory; are you saying that was the origin of the dollar sign in the USA, another country, or the origin of the dollar sign period? To me, this pillar: [ATTACH]223955.vB[/ATTACH] is the closest thing that resembles the modern day dollar sign. If you would give me your main source in why you believe the Potosi Mint Mark theory is correct, I will try to search it out over the holidays to look at it. [/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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