Klarinet Archive - Posting 000476.txt from 2003/11

From: Rick Campbell <ricksax@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] off-topic: dollar
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 11:01:02 -0500

rien stein wrote:

>I know it has nothing to do with the subject of this list, but recently I
>was wondering what is the origin of the dollar sign ("$"). As there is much
>collected knowledge on a very broad fild of knowledge on this list maybe
>anybody can help me?
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>TIA
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>Rien
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Rick Campbell wrote:
As a graphic designer, I believe it was the overlapping of U and S.
Eventually the bottom of the U was dropped. making it into a pure
symbol. Did you know that the sign at the beginning of the treble clef
was originally a calligraphic G (G clef)? And the one on the bass clef
still is recognizable as a calligraphic F (for F clef).

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