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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 2088681, member: 29751&quot;]Doug, this has been debated in scholarly articles for years, and there is no agreement as to the origin of the dollar sign.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Last I read the most accepted belief was that it was a modification of the abbreviation Ps used to denote Pesos -- When a P is super-imposed on an S it comes out looking awfully similar to a dollar sign.&nbsp; The Potosi mint mark is also basically discernable as a P over an S, but I believe most academic/scholarly work now supports that it is a modification of the &quot;PeSo&quot; abbreviation, not the PotoSi mint mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your post makes it sound as if the Potosi mint mark hypothesis is well accepted fact -- which it is NOT, and I think it&#039;s misleading to suggest that you are the end-all and know-all on the subject.&nbsp; Though it didn&#039;t surprise me in the least bit. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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