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The Bankrupt Irishman Who Created the Dollar Sign
- jackgavigan 11y agoAn alternative, more sympathetic take on Pollock's story: http://www.clanpollock.com/index.php?content=oliverpollockunsunghero http://www.clanpollock.com/index.php?content=oliverpollockun...
- shovel 11y agoSome more HN discussion about this - Why Is the Dollar Sign a Letter S? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9017986 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9017986
- SlashmanX 11y agoSome images of the ledger, seeing as the article doesn't contain any for some reason: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Popular_Science_Monthly/Volume_81/December_1912/The_Evolution_of_the_Dollar_Mark#/media/File:PSM_V81_D534_The_modern_dollar_mark_in_the_making.png https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Popular_Science_Monthly/Volum... https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Popular_Science_Monthly/Volume_81/December_1912/The_Evolution_of_the_Dollar_Mark https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Popular_Science_Monthly/Volum...