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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1126084, member: 112&quot;]While there are many theories written about how the dollar sign came to be, there is one that you won&#039;t find anyplace but in this forum. And that is my own personal theory. It is also the ony theory that is based on actual evidence to back it up instead of merely the speculation that all of the other theories are based on.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s quite simple. Back when this nation was young the most widely circulated coin was called the Spanish dollar, the 8 reales coin. Now this coin was minted at all of the Spanish colonial mints. But the mint that produced more coins than any other (because the silver deposit there was the largest in existence) was Potosi. And since the coins minted there were the most common, the mint mark on those coins came to signify the dollar. And thus it was adpopted as the sign for the dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the evidence above and beyond what I have noted above, see for yourself. Then you tell me which theory seems to make the most sense as to where the dollar sign came from.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin and the mint mark -[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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