is there a significance as to why many currency symbols use a double strikethrough?

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is there a significance as to why many currency symbols use a double strikethrough?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Funny thing.

Most currencies use a horizontal one € or ¥ for instance.

It is simply an = sign symbolizing stability.

The vertical bars of the the $ came from its origin as a Spanish colonial currency. They represent the pillars of Herculese, the former name of the the Gibraltar straight.

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