The History of Money
http://minneapolisfed.org/econed/curric/history.cfm
Colonial Currency A project of the Robert H. Gore, Jr. Numismatic Endowment,
University of Notre Dame, Dept. of Special Collections.
by Louis Jordan
http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCurrency/
The Leslie Brock Center for the Study of Colonial Currency University of Virginia http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/users/brock/
The Word "Dollar" and the Dollar Sign $
Origins, History and Geography of Dollar Currencies by Roy Davies http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/dollar.html
There are many theories as to the origin of the dollar sign. None have been "verified," but many feel that the most likely explanation is from the abbreviation pieces of 8 (peso) seen referenced in Spanish currency.
Cajori, Florian. A History of mathematical notations. Chicago, IL: The Open Court Publishing Company [1928-1929]
LC Call Number: QA21.C135 1928
LC Catalog Number: 28024355
Origin of the Dollar Sign
U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
http://www.moneyfactory.com/document.cfm/18/113
Origin of the Dollar Sign by Mark Brader The English Usage site
http://www.alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxorigin.html
Where did the dollar sign come from? Cool Quiz Network, Inc. http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/explain/docs/dollar.asp
The Origins of $, The Dollar Symbol by Pat Ballew http://www.pballew.net/dollar.html
United States Dollar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar
U.S. One Dollar Bill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._one_dollar_bill
U.S. Two Dollar Bill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._two_dollar_bill
U.S. Five Dollar Bill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_five_dollar_bill
U.S. Ten Dollar Bill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._ten_dollar_bill
U.S. Twenty Dollar Bill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._twenty_dollar_bill
U.S. Fifty Dollar Bill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._fifty_dollar_bill
U.S. Hundred Dollar Bill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._hundred_dollar_bill
Large Denomination bills in U.S. Currency http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_denomination_bills_in_U.S._currency
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