Here's the story behind it—and why it wasn't always a "dollar" sign Most people encounter the dollar sign on a daily basis: in stores, on websites, in the media and more. The symbol also serves as ...

Ali Hussain has a background that consists of a career in finance with large financial institutions and in journalism covering business. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, ...

This symbol first showed up in the 1770s, appearing in documents of English-Americans who had business dealings with Spanish-Americans. However, it wasn’t until the very early 1800s that it became ...

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. As we head into 2020, ...

The currency used in the United States is the ' dollar ', but the dollar is represented by the symbol ' $ ' and contains an uppercase 'S'. There is no 'S' anywhere in the letter 'dollar'. Why is the ...

Most people encounter the dollar sign on a daily basis: in stores, on websites, in the media and more. The symbol also serves as shorthand, referring to money, wealth, capitalism, commercialism and ...