Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Tidbit #24 - April 19, 2011

Another great from Feldman's Imponderables series:

Question: Why is $ the sign for the US dollar?


Answer: I remember looking up Feldman's book online and finding this and thinking that I had to show this to everyone at the blog, but I can't seem to find it now, so I can't remember exactly the citation except the very condensed answer, so sorry about that: short tidbit!

The $ sign is thought to be a twist on the sign for the Spanish Peso.

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