大伙都了解，＄表示USD。那樣它是如何來的呢？一種說法是，它是ＰＳ疊合寫法的演變。ＰＳ是19至19世紀期間美國的一種圓形硬幣比索（Pesos）的縮寫，這種硬幣在1974年美國正式打造造幣廠以前一直在全國通用。后來美國政府認同了＄這個符號作為新貨幣的一個單位，即一USD。在書寫時，＄要擺在數字前面。如１USD應寫成＄1，50USD寫成＄50。而這種寫法的背后還有一個小故事。
It is only appropriate that an Irish immigrant to the United States be the one credited with originating the dollar sign. Oliver Pollock sailed the high seas at the age of twenty-three, and settled in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. This young entrepreneur rapidly established himself as a wealthy and influential1 West Indies trader.
Pollock moved his operation to Louisiana, where he amassed2 even more wealth as a trader, and as a plantation3 owner. His success enabled him to provide supplies to the Patriots4' cause in the Revolutionary War, and to maintain close contact and a degree of influence with Congress. Pollock's success allowed him easily to purchase military supplies to support the cause, as the Spanish Empire had an outpost in New Orleans, Louisiana. In his dealings with the Spaniards, Pollock used their currency, the peso.
In true Spanish tradition, Pollock used an abbreviation for pesos, yet his penmanship made the abbreviation appear to be the transposition of the letters p and s.
Prior to 1775, the fledgling nations monetary5 system was in disarray6, and needed to be revamped. By 1775, Congress decided7 to rectify8 the situation by backing all of its legal tender with the most commonly circulated coins that were, coincidentally, Spanish coins minted in the New World. Americans then began trading with Spanish milled dollars, later termed dollars, as Americans shed the pounds that were the vestiges9 of British rule.
Congressman10 Robert Morris, to whom Pollock addressed his billing records, perpetuated11 the use of the dollar sign, and was the first high government official to give his blessing12 to the s with the two lines through it.
The appearance of the dollar sign in print, in a 1797 book by Chauncey Lee, signified the acceptance of the dollar as a purely13 American symbol.
It is only appropriate that an Irish immigrant to the United States be the one credited with originating the dollar sign. Oliver Pollock sailed the high seas at the age of twenty-three, and settled in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. This young entrepreneur rapidly established himself as a wealthy and influential1 West Indies trader.
Pollock moved his operation to Louisiana, where he amassed2 even more wealth as a trader, and as a plantation3 owner. His success enabled him to provide supplies to the Patriots4' cause in the Revolutionary War, and to maintain close contact and a degree of influence with Congress. Pollock's success allowed him easily to purchase military supplies to support the cause, as the Spanish Empire had an outpost in New Orleans, Louisiana. In his dealings with the Spaniards, Pollock used their currency, the peso.
In true Spanish tradition, Pollock used an abbreviation for pesos, yet his penmanship made the abbreviation appear to be the transposition of the letters p and s.
Prior to 1775, the fledgling nations monetary5 system was in disarray6, and needed to be revamped. By 1775, Congress decided7 to rectify8 the situation by backing all of its legal tender with the most commonly circulated coins that were, coincidentally, Spanish coins minted in the New World. Americans then began trading with Spanish milled dollars, later termed dollars, as Americans shed the pounds that were the vestiges9 of British rule.
Congressman10 Robert Morris, to whom Pollock addressed his billing records, perpetuated11 the use of the dollar sign, and was the first high government official to give his blessing12 to the s with the two lines through it.
The appearance of the dollar sign in print, in a 1797 book by Chauncey Lee, signified the acceptance of the dollar as a purely13 American symbol.