The dollar sign, also known as the peso sign, is a currency symbol consisting of a capital S crossed with one or two vertical strokes ($ or depending on typeface), used to indicate the unit of various currencies around the world, including most currencies denominated "dollar" or "peso".

dollar sign, $, symbol that represents the dollar, the name of the standard monetary unit used in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and a number of other countries and territories.

The $ (dollar sign) symbol is used to represent various forms of currency around the world, most notably the United States dollar. For example, $20 represents twenty dollars. In typesetting, the dollar sign is used to denote the beginning and end of mathematical mode.

2012年11月28日 · According to Rand, the dollar sign (written with two downward slashes instead of one) came from the initials of the United States: A capital U superimposed over a capital S, minus the lower...

2024年3月7日 · There is limited proof that the currency symbol used for the U.S. dollar grew out of an abbreviation for Spanish Pesos (SP), but it is the most widely accepted theory. The symbol used to denote the ($) United States dollar, Canadian dollar, Mexican peso, and more is a capital S crossed with one or two vertical strokes.

2023年9月12日 · A dollar sign ($) is the symbol found on the same key as the number four (4) key on United States QWERTY keyboard. The dollar sign represents a U.S. currency value, e.g., $10.00 for ten dollars. As seen in the picture, the dollar sign looks like the letter "S" with a vertical line going through the middle.

2019年5月30日 · Despite its ubiquity, the origins of the dollar sign remain far from clear, with competing theories touching on Bohemian coins, the Pillars of Hercules and harried merchants.

2022年6月2日 · Why is the sign for the dollar, a word with no S's, so clearly based on the letter S? Here's the story behind it—and why it wasn't always a "dollar" sign.

2023年11月13日 · The dollar sign ($) is easily one of the most recognizable symbols in the world. We see it on price tags in stores, in financial reports, math equations, and of course – money. But have you ever wondered where this iconic symbol came from?

2018年4月1日 · Nobody knows for certain who invented the dollar sign. Rendered as the letter “S” struck through with one or two vertical lines, its use dates back at least to the late eighteenth century.