Dollar Sign
Part of Currency
On Windows, hold Alt and type 36 on the numeric keypad to insert dollar sign.
- Alt code
- Alt+36
- HTML entity
- $
- Unicode
- U+0024
About this symbol
The most widely accepted theory is that the dollar sign grew from “ps”, the abbreviation for Spanish pesos, written with the s above the p. Over time the letters merged into an S crossed by one or two strokes. Spanish dollars were common currency in the American colonies, and the sign carried over to the US dollar.
Both forms, with one stroke or two, are correct, and the sign is used for many other currencies called dollars or pesos.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- DOLLAR SIGN
- Also called
- Milréis, escudo
- Type
- Currency symbol
- Unicode block
- Basic Latin
- Unicode group
- ASCII punctuation and symbols
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
- Unicode notes
- Used for many peso currencies in Latin America and elsewhere
- Glyph may have one or two vertical bars
- Other currency symbol characters start at 20A0
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