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by chad_oliver 4725 days ago
> Also, what's so bad about K$?

Perhaps the fact that it's a shilling, not a dollar?
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jimktrains2 4725 days ago
Actually, we get $ from the Peso symbol
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aneth4 4725 days ago
What exactly is the difference between a "shilling" and a "dollar"?
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mseebach 4725 days ago
Roughly the same as the difference between "William" and "Jacob".
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gcb0 4725 days ago
that's silly. $ does not stand for dollar.

US$ and more recently USD$ stands for dollar.

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icebraining 4725 days ago
No. US$ stands for "US dollar". There are more dollar currencies besides the USD.
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pliny 4725 days ago
United States Dollar Dollar?
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