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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jess, post: 3509, member: 77&quot;]Origin of the $ Sign</p><p><br /></p><p>The origin of the &quot;$&quot; sign has been variously accounted for. Perhaps the most widely accepted explanation is that it is the result of the evolution of the Mexican or Spanish &quot;P&#039;s&quot; for pesos, or piastres, or pieces of eight. This theory, derived from a study of old manuscripts, explains that the &quot;S,&quot; gradually came to be written over the &quot;P,&quot; developing a close equivalent to the&quot;$&quot; mark. It was widely used before the adoption of the United States dollar in 1785. </p><p><br /></p><p>Above gleaned from the BEP </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.moneyfactory.com/document.cfm/18/113" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.moneyfactory.com/document.cfm/18/113" rel="nofollow">http://www.moneyfactory.com/document.cfm/18/113</a></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue">A2J&nbsp; Jess</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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