tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post1629486486901452538..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: George Washington Launches the Career of Jack KirbyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-69833910876254128362009-08-18T12:46:26.103-05:002009-08-18T12:46:26.103-05:00For what it's worth, I haven't found any r...For what it's worth, I haven't found any references to any official exchange rate between British pounds and U. S. dollars in the late 1700s or early 1800s. But I have come across some original sources (such as account books, etc.) which imply that the exchange rate around Boston was 1 pound = $3.33333.... Or, to put it another way, 3 pounds = $10.Charles Bahnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-68763873097050769162009-08-18T10:51:41.345-05:002009-08-18T10:51:41.345-05:00Yes, the dollar sign was in use before the Revolut...Yes, the dollar sign was in use before the Revolution. British colonists referred to some Spanish coins as “dollars,” and the $ symbol seems to be related to those coins: it’s now thought to have evolved out of a way of abbreviating “peso” with an overlapping P and S. There doesn’t seem to be any significant difference between the single- and double-line dollar signs. <br /><br />It took a while for New Englanders to adapt to the U.S. dollar; into the early 1800s many account books around here were still kept in pounds, shillings, and pence. As the American economy grew, more Americans became pleased with the dollar, and eventually it became a symbol of strong (and centigrade) currency. So now many nations use the term “dollar” and the dollar sign. <br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar/Peso_sign" rel="nofollow">According to Wikipedia</a>, Ayn Rand’s <i>Atlas Shrugged</i> popularized the myth that the dollar sign comes from “U.S.” But that was twenty years after this comic book. <br /><br />I like “double-line dollar sign.” Nice country/truckin’ vibe.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-1227870770393524782009-08-18T09:32:48.276-05:002009-08-18T09:32:48.276-05:00Did the double-lined dollar sign predate our use o...Did the double-lined dollar sign predate our use of it? Does any other country use that?<br /><br />I'd always thought that was where that legend started, although it definitely sounds like one of those "legends" started long enough ago for people to believe.<br /><br />Also, I'm going to write a song called double-lined dollar sign.Robert S. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208771657848284055noreply@blogger.com