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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 2089423, member: 29751&quot;]It&#039;s hard to think that I &quot;read&quot; too much into your words Doug when you stated <span style="color: #ff0000">&quot;<b>The Potosi mint mark, <u>is</u></b> <b>even the source of our dollar sign - <u>contrary to what many think</u></b>.&quot;</span></p><p><br /></p><p>That sounds pretty definitive to me, and even defensive since you stated it was <i>contrary to what many think.</i> Now, the Potosi mint-mark theory is one that&#039;s out there, but it&#039;s not at the top of the most accepted list, and most people in the the colonial US would have never even seen the Potosi mint mark as most <i>peso de ocho </i>that circulated in North America were Mexico mint coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>So your evidence is that it looks vaguely like the dollar sign.&nbsp; Well, so does a P over an S, or a line through the number 8, or all of the other theories.&nbsp; I&#039;ll go so far as to say it looks vaguely like the rod of Asclepius also, that doesn&#039;t mean I&#039;d throw that hypothesis out there.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point was simple:&nbsp; you stated it was a done deal, and it&#039;s not.&nbsp; Now, when you publish your scholarly article on the issue with full citations and historical validation, I&#039;ll change my mind.&nbsp; Until then, I&#039;ll go with the scholarly work that&#039;s currently available.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> indeed[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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