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Enviado el: lunes, 25 de marzo de 2002 12:04 If further evidence is still needed to confirm Light Cummins' explanation of the U.S. dollar sign as originating from the Spanish peso fuerte symbols used in the 18th century, there is a good example of it in J. Villasana Haggard's old but still very useful HANDBOOK FOR TRANSLATORS OF SPANISH HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS (Austin, 1941), p. 67. ********************************************************************* Ralph Lee Woodward Neville G. Penrose Professor of Latin American Studies Department of History & Geography, TCU Box 297260 TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, Fort Worth, TX 76129 Tel. (817) 257-6047 Fax: (817)257-6560 E-Mail: r.woodward@tcu.edu **********************************************************************
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