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The S and the pillars story seems simpler, and also accounts for the $ with two vertical bars. Here in Argentina, we still call money: "silver", as in "Do you
by lucio 12y ago
The S and the pillars story seems simpler, and also accounts for the $ with two vertical bars.
Here in Argentina, we still call money: "silver", as in "Do you have silver to pay for that?"
It was called "peso"(weight) because you used to WEIGH your money instead of "counting" it.
It is funny that we still call it "silver" and "weight" nowadays when fiat-money is everywhere.
- ascotan 12y agoEven thought wikipedia clearly calls the spanish dollar a 'piece of eight', it's pretty clear that peso means 'weight' and the dollar has about 8x the weight in silver of a spanish real. It's probably better to call it a 'weight of eight'. http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinText/Sp-milled.2.html http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinText/Sp-milled.2.html