Why are currency symbols made up of a letter with two lines through it?
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i'm not sure how accurate this is but apparently the dollar ($) symbol originally started off as a letter "U" superimposed onto a letter "S" to indicate that the currency was from the US and over time the bottom of the U was dropped off as the dollar was adopted by other countries so it was just left as an S with 2 vertical lines through it.\ni'm not too sure about the other currency symbols though.
373116
They have a keyboard with various "strokes."  Once entering the appropriate strokes for a symbol, it combines them into one.  I'm to understand it's a bit annoying to use.
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ya it does. \n\ngo to www.xanga.com make an accout and then theres this thing u can click on and it shows u everthing. \n\n♠--spade\n\n♣--club\n\n♥--heart\n\n‡--double dagger\n\n® --registered\n\n©--copyrighted\n\n™--trademark\n\n¥--yen ($)\n\n¢--cent\n\n£-- pound ($)\n\n€--euro ($)\n\n§--section\n\n°--degree
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There is no "why" to it. Each unit of currency exists independent of the others; some will have a higher value than the dollar, others will have lower value. Some may even start out higher and be lower later due to inflation.
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They are called special characters. They are created by holding down the "alt" key and entering a series of numbers. \n\nFor instance:\n\n Alt + 1 =☺\n Alt + 3 = ♥\n Alt + 4 = ♦\n Alt + 251 = √\n Alt + 0134 = †\n Alt + 0189 = ½
808903
I think it is written M with two horizontal bars.
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It's the symbol for the "pound" used in Great Britain.
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U.S. currency features something known as "series dates." A series date does not indicate the year a particular bill was printed, but rather the date of the design featured on that bill. That is, if the $5 bill were redesigned in 1929, all subsequent $5 bills issued using that design would be marked "Series 1929," regardless of when they were actually printed. (When a minor change is made to a bill's features — such as a substitution of signatures due to the appointment of a new Treasurer of the United States or Secretary of the Treasury — the series year remains the same, but a letter is appended to it. Thus a minor change to "Series 1929" currency would result in bills marked "Series 1929A.") \n\nSmall wonder, then, that some people assumed the 2006 release of newly-redesigned $10 bills bearing a legend reading "Series 2004" was the product of some sort of printing error. \n\nThe series date isn't an error, though. Although the most recent re-designs of the $10, $20, and $50 bills were authorized for 2004, the release of the denominations incorporating these new designs was (as in the previous wave of currency re-designs in 1996-2000) staggered across several years. Thus, although all three denominations bearing the latest designs are technically "Series 2004" bills, the newest $20 bills were first put into circulation at the end of 2003, the new $50 bill was first released at the end of 2004, and the new $10 bill wasn't issued until March 2006. Confusing, perhaps, but not a mistake as far as the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing is concerned.
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In an element symbol, only the first letter is a capital letter...any later letters are lowercase.  There aren't any exceptions.\n\nCould you give a specific example of which element symbol you're looking at?  Perhaps you're mistaking a compound chemical formula for an element symbol.  For example, CO is carbon monoxide, a compound.  Co is cobalt, an element.
100155
I think the generic currency sign (¤) may have something to do with it too.
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What kind of a symbol?
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What these previous answers suggest may be correct.Scotland is part ofthe UK,the currency is the british pound.The UK is not a member of the euro community So if it's the pound symbol which is more logical Then 17K would be even more money.The pound symbol is like a written L with a stroke through middleThis is much more likely as I cannot imagine scottish money being shown as other than the british pound.
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It means "about" or "roughly."\n\nFor example:\nThe world population is ~6.5 Billion.\n\nOnline it's used for lots of things, including making decorative section breaks, such as this:\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\nIf it's on top of a letter, such as with "ñ" or "Ñ," then it's an accent mark. (FYI - you can make these characters by holding the "Alt" key while entering the numbers "164" or "165," respectively.\n\nHope this helps.
1080853
It is not a specific currency.  Its a silver coin designed by FIFA, approx. twice the size of a quarter.  In one side you can see the FIFA official Seal, and on the other side you see the letters FIFA.
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When - in the UK - we had proper money instead of the Monopoly money we had foisted on us at decimalization, the abbreviations for pounds, shillings and pence were £ s d.  £ is a sort of L, and stood for Libera, s was solidii, and d was denarii, all terms of Roman monetary unit, I believe.  But we also had lb, meaning a pound weight rather than a monetary pound, and the b was added to the L to denote the difference.
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There are so many things you have to check, (these steps are applicable for the new currency notes)\n1) Check for the silver line, which you can see little bit outside and little bit inside, you cann't see silver colour continously.\n2) On right side of the currency note(front side) u can see the number 500/1000 as in dotted lines, you can see only in deep look.\n3) See the currency in light(sun light) you can see the 500/1000 number in the bottom of the currency, normally u can see only half number.\n\nand there are more steps to see the currency, i think this is more than enough. If you need more, you can check more, are contact me.