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From: hubey@pegasus.montclair.edu (H. M. Hubey)
Subject: Re: The origin of "$", the dollar sign?
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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 18:13:57 GMT
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szia@pipeline.com (Gabriel  Heller) writes:

>Recently someone asked me the question: what is the origin of the dollar
>sign? 
> 
>I know the etymology of the word 'dollar', but my initial query into how
>the $ came about has so far yielded nothing. Is there anyone in this group
>who happens to know the answer? 

I read something about the "Pillars of xxx" in some book. The author
might have been Barry Fell, writing about pre-Columbian contact with
the Americas. I think he contends that the Iberian [Celts?] had made
it to here. These "pillars" might have had something to do with
the Gibraltar passage.

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Regards, Mark

hubey@amiga.montclair.edu
