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by zimpenfish 3762 days ago
> recognizing that “$10 USD” is redundant

People in Australia might disagree. As might people in Bermuda, Colombia, Canada, Hong Kong, Argentina, ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar#Other_national_currenci...

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Either "$10" or "10 [USD|AUD|etc]" are correct. It is unequivocally incorrect to use both symbols. use the first when it's clear in context what kind of dollar is being referred to, otherwise use the second.
> It is unequivocally incorrect

That's going to need a citation. To be sure there's plenty of style guides which say "don't do that, do [this other variant instead]" but where's the standard that makes this unequivocal?