Talk:Portuguese escudo

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[edit] Currency symbol

Apparently the dollar sign is usually used as the escudo sign; Unicode seems to unify them. Is there any good reason to use that ugly TeX markup instead of a plain old dollar sign? Hairy Dude 04:26, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Because it has 2 bars? --Chochopk 05:36, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Correct. The escudo sign is not usually part of character sets, so an approximate representation has to be used and that coincides with the dollar sign. --maf 12:08, 24 August 2006 (UTC)