is there a significance as to why many currency symbols use a double strikethrough?
In: Economics
The origin of the lines on the dollar sign is probably the peso.
Originally its symbol was ps, and gradually the two letters were combined, until they formed the current symbol.
This is by the way only one hypothesis (and probably the most prominent) regarding the origin of the sign.
Although not answering the question regarding other currencies, it gives a perspective for how the dollar sign has evolved.
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