That’s interesting because there was a recent episode of Rob Words where he shows that $ came from the original symbol for the peso. And that the dollar was essentially the same as the peso initially.
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GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Menus in Mexico use the $ as an abbreviation for peso, which would make that about a 2 dollar burrito.
thenextguy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
If you ever read about the pirate age in the Caribbean, they sometimes talk or “pieces of eight,” aka “pesos,” which are 1/8 of a Spanish Real (the dominant world reserve currency at the time).
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
make that about a 2 dollar super burrito.
frog@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Cool TIL. Thanks. I assumed these were Coachella prices.
db2@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And it’s probably awesome too.