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From: peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: net.internat
Subject: Re: Currency symbols (Re: I hate to say...)
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Date: Wed, 12-Feb-86 20:37:08 EST
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> "pounds" and "dollars" of various kinds are used in a lot of countries,
> but do they use the symbols of British Pound Sterling and US Dollars,
> respectively, in Canada, Australia and <a few old British colonies>?

Officially, the US dollar symbol has two vertical bars (it's derived from
overprinting U and S, with the curve of the U deleted). The Australian dollar
sign has only one vertical bar (to distinguish it from the US dollar sign). It
is amusing to note that most computer displays use the Australian dollar sign.
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