Re: Traditional dollar sign

From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Mon Oct 27 2003 - 04:14:59 CST


On 26/10/2003 20:08, John Cowan wrote:

>Kevin Brown scripsit:
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>>Incidentally, as far as I know, neither the dollar symbol nor cent symbol
>>have ever appeared on Australia's paper money or coinage.
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>>Is this unusual?
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>I can't speak for the whole of the last two centuries, but certainly
>current American bills and coins do not use either symbol. The bills
>in common use say ONE DOLLAR, FIVE DOLLARS, TEN DOLLARS, and TWENTY
>DOLLARS; the coins say ONE CENT, FIVE CENTS (the name "nickel" is
>informal), ONE DIME, and QUARTER DOLLAR. The bills are also marked
>using digits.
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The latest issue of UK banknotes do carry the pound sterling sign (with
one crossbar), but this is quite new. At least the more recent former
issues did not, if I remember correctly.

I was surprised to find no Euro symbol on Euro notes or coins.

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