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The dollar sign symbol

“$” is a symbolic symbol.

There are many theories about the origin of this symbol, of which two are more common.

According to one theory, the symbol was formed by placing a narrower U over a wider S, so it represented the United States.

Another theory is that it is an evolution of the PS superposition.

PS is short for the Pesos, an American round coin of the 18th and 19th centuries that was used throughout the country until 1974, when the U.S. mint was officially established.

Later, the U.S. government recognized the $symbol as a new unit, the dollar.

When writing, put the $in front of the number.

The origin of the word “$” goes back to the early 16th century, when Spain minted a silver dollar called the PESO.

The silver dollar has a crown and royal emblem (lion and castle) on one side and two columns on the other.

According to Western mythology, they were the pillars of Great Turheuris, representing the peaks on either side of the Obscure Gap of Gibraltar.

According to legend, long ago, Europe and Africa were connected to each other, and were later pulled apart by Hercules.

In 1732 a “two-pillar silver dollar” was forged by machine in Mexico City, with a pattern similar to that of the “PKSO”.

Only between the two columns added the pattern of the east and west hemispheres, two columns on each of the curled into a “$$” -shaped graph.

Over time, people will see “$” as the sign of silver dollars.

Up to now, many countries in the world still adopt “$” as their own country.

Risk sentiment improved, the dollar retreated gold below 1930, oil rose above 115.

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