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by BugsJustFindMe 716 days ago
KLondike-5 is really just 555. Those old exchange names were made up from the exchange's assigned numeric digits. That's why both the K and the L are capitalized, and why e.g. ACademy, BAldwin, and CAnal were all the same exchange. Probably still a better example than 1-800-FLOWERS though.