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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_sign http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_sign
by johnzim 12y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_sign http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_sign
- unknownian 12y agoGawker Media turning wikipedia entries into articles. Well I do it sometimes as well.
- urda 12y agoSeriously, why are Gawker links even allowed on here? Embarrassing.
- pron 12y agoThere's often much more embarrassing stuff written right here, on HN, than in any of the Gawker sites.
- forgotpasswd3x 12y agoNot on behalf of Y Combinator there isn't.
- gweinberg 12y agoThen wikipedia article is better. Personally, I find the US answer more plausible. because of the existence of the two bar version. It's much more likely for people to simplify the two bar version by dropping a bar than to pointlessly complicate the symbol by adding an extra bar for no reason, so I suspect the two bar version was the original.
- pron 12y agoExcept $ is also the symbol for the peso. More evidence is necessary to track the first introduction of the symbol.
- clay_to_n 12y agoIn the comments section of the article, someone claimed that in their Spanish-speaking country $ was used to refer to pesos, but with two bars it meant USD. So maybe the two bars in the USD was introduced to separate it from the peso when they were both common currencies.
- gweinberg 12y agoThat makes sense.
- elpachuco 12y agoIt would be better if you used evidence when choosing what you believe rather then rely on your personal preferences and biases.