Ali Hussain has a background that consists of a career in finance with large financial institutions and in journalism covering business. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, ...

Here's the story behind it—and why it wasn't always a "dollar" sign Most people encounter the dollar sign on a daily basis: in stores, on websites, in the media and more. The symbol also serves as ...

Currency symbols are more than just shorthand for monetary units; they are powerful icons of economic identity, national pride, and global trade. This article gets into the history and symbolism ...

Despite its ubiquity, the origins of the dollar sign remain far from clear, with competing theories touching on Bohemian coins, the Pillars of Hercules and harried merchants. As we head into 2020, ...

The currency used in the United States is the ' dollar ', but the dollar is represented by the symbol ' $ ' and contains an uppercase 'S'. There is no 'S' anywhere in the letter 'dollar'. Why is the ...

The incredible story of a Derry man whose messy handwriting means he's credited with inventing the US dollar sign ($) and an amazing figure who became one of the "Financier of the Revolution in the ...