The Bankrupt Irishman Who Created the Dollar Sign

[katm]

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-bankrupt-irishman-who-created-the-dollar-sign-by-accident?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1448487651

[SlashmanX]

Some images of the ledger, seeing as the article doesn't contain any for some reason:

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Popular_Science_Monthly/Volum...

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Popular_Science_Monthly/Volum...

[shovel]

Some more HN discussion about this - Why Is the Dollar Sign a Letter S?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9017986

[jackgavigan]

An alternative, more sympathetic take on Pollock's story: http://www.clanpollock.com/index.php?content=oliverpollockun...