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[–] TeranNotTerran 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

I hope this is fake. But notice the US stamping? Ayn Rand was confident that the dollar sign came from the convergence of U and S. Interesting to see it like that with the full U and not the _ truncated.

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[–] Basharalassad 1 point 13 points (+14|-1) ago 

The dollar sign actually comes from a coin from the Holy Roman Empire called the Thaler which bore the inscription of a crucified snake.

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[–] wuzizname 2 points 2 points (+4|-2) ago 

I'd always believed that the $ sign came from Peso, they used to abbreviate it as PS and over time it overlapped and morphed into the current symbol.