> ... Ironically,
> in 1943-45 nickels were actually minted in silver, as nickel was considered
> strategic for the war effort. Current nickels are 75% copper and 25%
> nickel, the same as the cladding of the other coins. (Pennies are
> copper-clad zinc, however.)
Prior to 1982, pennies were a
Doug Ewell noted:
> The dollar sign was used
> occasionally for decoration on large-sized (pre-1929) U.S. currency, but
> not on small-sized issues (except for the bank-only $100,000 note).
And very rarely even at that. See:
http://www.money.org/bebeeexhibit.html
for many exhibits of all kinds
At 20:45 -0800 2003-10-26, Doug Ewell wrote:
The European Commission might have chosen to follow this example 30
years later, instead of trying to mandate that the Euro glyph remain
invariant in all fonts and contexts.
Doug, give that one a rest, OK? That was in 1996.
--
Michael Everson * * Everso
Simon Butcher wrote:
My bank (ANZ) recently gave me literature related to obtaining foreign
currency, and used the form $A (that is, with the double-bar form of
the dollar sign, not the single-bar form). Considering the small
glossy leaflet was about the rising Australian dollar, it's evidently
The holographic strip on the Euro notes shows the Euro symbol when
viewed at certain angles.
Norbert
Peter Kirk wrote:
>
> The latest issue of UK banknotes do carry the pound sterling sign (with
> one crossbar), but this is quite new. At least the more recent former
> issues did not, if I rememb
Hi!
> However, the presence of two opposing conventions serves as a strong
> hint that there was no consensus in 1966, nor now, as to how glyph
> variants of the dollar sign were to be used to stand for
> different types
> of dollars.
I went to school in the 1980's, and both in Victoria and Ta
Asmus Freytag scripsit:
> Many monetary systems have coin sizes and weights that are based on
> the traditional precious or semi-precious metals once used. The nick-
> name for the nickel gives that away, associating it with a different
> metal than the (presumably once) silver-based dime/quarter/
On 26/10/2003 21:30, Doug Ewell wrote:
...
In my limited experience, that word DIME has done more to confuse
furriners than anything else about the U.S. and Canadian monetary
systems. The dime is the smallest coin in the set physically, weighing
less than half as much as a nickel, and made of (a
On 26/10/2003 20:08, John Cowan wrote:
Kevin Brown scripsit:
Incidentally, as far as I know, neither the dollar symbol nor cent symbol
have ever appeared on Australia's paper money or coinage.
Is this unusual?
I can't speak for the whole of the last two centuries, but certainly
current
At 09:30 PM 10/26/03 -0800, Doug Ewell wrote:
> I can't speak for the whole of the last two centuries, but certainly
> current American bills and coins do not use either symbol. The bills
> in common use say ONE DOLLAR, FIVE DOLLARS, TEN DOLLARS, and TWENTY
> DOLLARS; the coins say ONE CENT, FIVE
John Cowan wrote:
> I can't speak for the whole of the last two centuries, but certainly
> current American bills and coins do not use either symbol. The bills
> in common use say ONE DOLLAR, FIVE DOLLARS, TEN DOLLARS, and TWENTY
> DOLLARS; the coins say ONE CENT, FIVE CENTS (the name "nickel" i
.
John Cowan wrote,
> ... the coins say ONE CENT, FIVE CENTS (the name "nickel" is
> informal), ONE DIME, and QUARTER DOLLAR.
And HALF DOLLAR and ONE DOLLAR.
In 1883, the U. S. Mint changed the design on the five cent piece.
The word "CENTS" was omitted from the new design, and the Roman
numeral
Kevin Brown wrote:
> On 27/10/03 3:13 AM, Simon Butcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I was taught at school that the double-bar form was used when
>> Australia switched to decimal currency in 1966, and that it was
>> incorrect to write the single-bar form when referring to Australian
>> doll
Kevin Brown scripsit:
> Incidentally, as far as I know, neither the dollar symbol nor cent symbol
> have ever appeared on Australia's paper money or coinage.
>
> Is this unusual?
I can't speak for the whole of the last two centuries, but certainly
current American bills and coins do not use eit
Further to my earlier reply to Simon Baker about the "correct" symbol for
the Australian dollar, the "official" position is documented at
http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/0/c7103f5100c7663fca2569de00293f3c?
OpenDocument.
Regarding the currency symbols, the specific recommendation
On 27/10/03 3:13 AM, Simon Butcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I was taught at school that the double-bar form was used when Australia
>switched to decimal currency in 1966, and that it was incorrect to write
>the single-bar form when referring to Australian dollars. I guess the
>single-bar f
From: "Simon Butcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Hi!
>
> Just a quick question.. The description for U+0024 (DOLLAR SIGN) states
that the glyph may contain one or two vertical bars. Is there a codepoint
specifically for the traditional double-bar form, or any plan to include one
in the future?
>
> I wa
From: "Peter Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I wonder how long before the Euro will also de facto have a single bar?
This is already done since the birth of the symbol, when some legal texts
specify that (if nothing else) a uppercase letter E can be used in
environments that don't support the exact in
At 11:02 AM 10/26/03 +1100, Simon Butcher wrote:
Hi!
> >I was taught at school that the double-bar form was used
> when Australia
> >switched to decimal currency in 1966, and that it was
> incorrect to write
> >the single-bar form when referring to Australian dollars.
>
> It would be interesting
Hi!
> >I was taught at school that the double-bar form was used
> when Australia
> >switched to decimal currency in 1966, and that it was
> incorrect to write
> >the single-bar form when referring to Australian dollars.
>
> It would be interesting if you could document that.
That could be
On 25/10/2003 10:16, Asmus Freytag wrote:
At 03:36 AM 10/26/03 +1100, Simon Butcher wrote:
Just a quick question.. The description for U+0024 (DOLLAR SIGN)
states that the glyph may contain one or two vertical bars. Is there
a codepoint specifically for the traditional double-bar form, or any
At 03:36 AM 10/26/03 +1100, Simon Butcher wrote:
Just a quick question.. The description for U+0024 (DOLLAR SIGN) states
that the glyph may contain one or two vertical bars. Is there a codepoint
specifically for the traditional double-bar form, or any plan to include
one in the future?
No.
I wa
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