Why Mexico Uses $ (but not dollars) #shorts

35 dollars for a plate of tacos no don't worry they're not overcharging the visiting Gringos that's just the simple they use for the Mexican peso and actually Mexico might have gotten there first the symbol was thought to have originated from the Spanish-American peso or the Spanish dollar also known as Pieces Of Eight as they were worth a realis this symbol spread all across Spanish America then British America and later American America where the Spanish dollars served as a model in 1792 when the new United States wanted to have its own currency there are many theories on where the symbol itself originated from from a sloppily written PS to representing the pillars of Hercules to a reference to the mints at potasi in Bolivia but honestly taking something from another country and making it a quintessential American simple is pretty much the most American thing ever and that's why when he visited a place like Mexico City it can sometimes look like it costs

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Published: Tue Jul 26 2022