minus-squaretleb@lemmy.catoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Why do multiple countries share "Dollar" as the same currency name?linkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down5·3 days agoColonialism, “$” is a derivative of the shorthand for peso which was the name for the Spanish dollar. So all the locals were calling their money a dollar before the actual “dollar” currencies became a thing. linkfedilink
Colonialism, “$” is a derivative of the shorthand for peso which was the name for the Spanish dollar. So all the locals were calling their money a dollar before the actual “dollar” currencies became a thing.