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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 583258, member: 112&quot;]Believe I am the one who first promulgated the idea that the Potosi mint mark was the origin of the dollar sign. Of course there are several other theories, none of them can be definitively proved. But of all the theories, mine is the only one in which the symbol bears an actual physical resemblance to the dollar sign.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you would like to know more about Spanish colonial coinage I suggest you try these links found right here on Coin Talk - <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/forum/t14112/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/forum/t14112/">Spain &amp; Spanish Colonial</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>You can also view my albums to see some examples of this coinage, like this one -[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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