英语短文:美元的符号$的来历大家都知道,$
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示美元。那么它是怎样来的呢?一种说法是,它是PS叠合写法的演变。PS是18至19世纪期间美国的一种圆形硬币比索(Pesos)的缩写,这种硬币在1974年美国正式建立造币厂以前一直在全国通用。后来美国政府认可了$这个符号作为新货币的一个单位,即一美元。在
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写时,$要摆在数字前面。如1美元应写成$1,50美元写成$50。而这种写法的背后还有一个小故事。ItisonlyappropriatethatanIrishimmigranttotheUnitedStatesbetheonecreditedwithoriginatingthedollarsign.OliverPollocksailedthehighseasattheageoftwenty-three,andsettledinCarlisle,Pennsylvania.ThisyoungentrepreneurrapidlyestablishedhimselfasawealthyandinfluentialWestIndiestrader.PollockmovedhisoperationtoLouisiana,whereheamassedevenmorewealthasatrader,andasaplantationowner.HissuccessenabledhimtoprovidesuppliestothePatriots’causeintheRevolutionaryWar,andtomaintainclosecontactandadegreeofinfluencewithCongress.Pollock’ssuccessallowedhimeasilytopurchasemilitarysuppliestosupportthecause,astheSpanishEmpirehadanoutpostinNewOrleans,Louisiana.InhisdealingswiththeSpaniards,Pollockusedtheircurrency,thepeso.IntrueSpanishtradition,Pollockusedanabbreviationforpesos,yethispenmanshipmadetheabbreviationappeartobethetranspositionoftheletterspands.Priorto1775,thefledglingnationsmonetarysystemwasindisarray,andneededtoberevamped.By1775,Congressdecidedtorectifythesituationbybackingallofitslegaltenderwiththemostcommonlycirculatedcoinsthatwere,coincidentally,SpanishcoinsmintedintheNewWorld.AmericansthenbegantradingwithSpanishmilleddollars,latertermeddollars,asAmericansshedthepoundsthatwerethevestigesofBritishrule.CongressmanRobertMorris,towhomPollockaddressedhisbillingrecords,perpetuatedtheuseofthedollarsign,andwasthefirsthighgovernmentofficialtogivehisblessingtotheswiththetwolinesthroughit.Theappearanceofthedollarsigninprint,ina1797bookbyChaunceyLee,signifiedtheacceptanceofthedollarasapurelyAmericansymbol.