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dollar = $. why??

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spunkypumpkn | 17:45 Sun 21st Nov 2004 | Business & Finance
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why is the dollar abbreviated as $??
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� - pound
22:20 Sun 21st Nov 2004
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I understand the vertical lines are a representation of the pillars of Hercules. Not sure about the S!
01:05 Mon 22nd Nov 2004
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Here is an explanation:

 

http://www.alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxorigin.html

 

08:35 Mon 22nd Nov 2004
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Greedyfly... if you are asking how we get the � sign, it is a stylised L. L being short for Libre the Latin for pound.
12:36 Wed 24th Nov 2004

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