Show origin of dollar sign Pie pieces of eight mein me in the brantsh po peo duro or hard h ard dollar the numeral dumpso eight and being the value of eight reals our commercial sign for the dollar Is supposed b ti omo ionie authorities authorlee to bf red ref trence rence to this eight the cpr strokes representing the Pl ilari 3 of hercules hleb chich in the tha beginning atre re skimped on some of thu sli dollars according to another so ac count the dollar sign Is berlied der lied from rom the stamp SR anted by two vertical strokes |