On 2003.07.08, 01:34, Philippe Verdy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With the Euro, a lot of currency units lost their symbol: > > - the Spanish Peseta symbol > - the Pound symbol in Ireland <...> > - the Greek Drachme symbol <...> > - the Italian Lira symbol <...> > - the "French Franc" symbol <...>
The symbol "$" represents the former portuguese currency "_escudo_", PTE, used as the decimal point of a number with (usually) two fixed decimals: 100 PTE, f.i., was/is written 100$00. Before the _escudo_, untill 1911, the "_real_" (atyp. pl. "_reis_") was written with the symbol "$" as the thousands separator, like this: one _real_ = $001. This kept the writing in pace as the 1911 monetary reform created the _escudo_ from 1000 _reis_ (which was coloquial synomin till recently). Thus 1$000 (1000 _reis_) and 1$00 (one _escudo_) was written in a coherent way. This symbol is called in Portuguese "_cifr�o_", and most people don't really know that it is also used for other currencies abroad. Cape Verde and East Timor also have monetary units called "_escudo_" with more or less the same writing conventions. -- ____. Ant�nio MARTINS-Tuv�lkin, | ()| <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |####| R. Laureano de Oliveira, 64 r/c esq. | PT-1885-050 MOSCAVIDE (LRS) N�o me invejo de quem tem | +351 934 821 700 carros, parelhas e montes | http://www.tuvalkin.web.pt/bandeira/ s� me invejo de quem bebe | http://pagina.de/bandeiras/ a �gua em todas as fontes |
