Monetary symbol

With the wire of time released themselves from the monetary symbols allowing to recall in which currency the prices without having were established to rewrite in all letters the name of this one.

At the 20th century, most widespread were the Pound sterling (£) and the Dollar ($). The Yen (¥) joined them in the Années 1960. The Euro (€) united with the group of head in 1999. A sign was then designed to indicate the monetary symbol national, the symbol: ¤

Histories

Dollar

The symbol of the Dollar is probably of origin Hispanic (where it seems to be used since 1770) and would draw its origin from the Spanish armorial bearings (the two bars being the representation of the Pillars of Hercules and the " S" , an interpretation of the form in ribbon of the currency) or of the simplification of the abbreviation PS (of pesos ). Indeed, the Mexican Peso (also with $ for symbol) had also course in all North America. In agreement with a decree signed on July 6th 1785, the currency manufactured in Mexico was the base of the North-American monetary system, also including/understanding the the lately independent United States of America and this until April 2nd, 1792, date on which the United States created their own currency. There remained average of legal payment until in 1857.

Another popular but very disputed assumption: the first printed dollars comprised the letters U and S interlaced ( United States , that popular inventiveness will transform quickly into Uncle Sam ), U being very lengthened to bar S. With the wire of time, the drawing of the curve of bottom making waste time, this U was replaced by two vertical bars.

Euro

Deliver

The use of the £ does not require a particular explanation, but before this one is not decimalized , it was divided into 20 shillings , each Shilling being worth 12 pence (plural of Penny ). The abbreviations used for shilling and penny were S. and D. - for solidus and denarius . The price tickets thus comprised systematically the letters £, S, D, which amused much young people in the Années 1960.

Yen

Little thing to say of it except signs ¥€$ (yen, euro, dollar) constituting the word “ yes ” (yes) were used by the partisans of the euro in their banners and leaflets. It is also a Board game.

Blunder

The code EBCDIC, which existed on the mainframes before the ASCII, had a position (0x9f - Hexadécimal -; 0xA4 in ASCII) named currency symbol and which changed according to the countries. The process showed its limits when indications of levelling off of expenditure transmitted by email ( circa 1980) and relating to authorizations of expenditure in dollars found themselves in England on the documents posted and printed to relate to the same authorizations, but of books - what was much more comfortable, but despaired some management auditors.

See too

Codes of the currencies
List of the articles on the currency and its collections
monetary Units

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