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From: colonel@ellie.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
Newsgroups: net.internat
Subject: Re: Currency symbols
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Date: Fri, 14-Feb-86 15:19:59 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 14 15:19:59 1986
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["He spends nickels as if they were pennies."]

> 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.

So far as I know, there's no historical evidence for the old theory
that the dollarsign is derived from U-backspace-S.  The single-line $
is common in the U.S., so Australians would be unwise to rely on the
distinction.

Say, what's the symbol for rasbuckniks?
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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