Where do the symbols £ and $ come from? The £ symbol goes all the way back to the Romans.… — @myphotojourney5

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@myphotojourney5's TikTok video "Where do the symbols £ and $ come from? The £ symbol goes all the way back to the Romans. The word pound comes from the Latin phrase libra pondo, meaning "a pound by weight". The symbol £ is actually a stylised letter L from libra, which is also why the abbreviation for pounds in weight is lb. The $ symbol has a different story. Before the USA became independent, the American colonies commonly used the Spanish dollar, also known as the piece of eight or peso. The $ sign is believed to have developed from handwritten abbreviations for the Spanish peso. But the word dollar isn't Spanish at all. It comes from the Thaler, a famous silver coin named after the town of Joachimsthal (now Jáchymov in the Czech Republic). Over time, Thaler became Dollar in English. So every time you see £ and $, you're looking at the remains of Roman, Spanish and German history hidden in modern money. #Etymology #LanguageHistory #HistoryTok #EnglishLanguage #WordOrigins #PoundSterling #Dollar #OldEnglish #LearnOnTikTok #DidYouKnow" has 84,625 views, 7,181 likes, 443 comments, 1,561 shares in the public metrics captured by this index. That is an engagement rate of 10.85% (likes, comments and shares over views). It was posted over two weeks ago and runs 1 minute 43 seconds. It has been saved 1,239 times.

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It was posted on 2026-10-04, over two weeks ago.

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