Re: Historical Scandinavian currency signs (daler and mark)

On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:39:33 +0200, Otto Stolz wrote: The Daler sign resembles closely the GERMAN PENNY SIGN (U+20B0). Aha! Yes, you are right. According to Wikipedia, the Pfennig sign is originally a "d" for "denarius". I would presume that the Daler sign is originally a "d" as in "dal

Re: Historical Scandinavian currency signs (daler and mark)

Hello, am 2010-08-11 21:33, schrieb Johan Winge: http://forum.skalman.nu/download/file.php?id=19494 The top row (from a printed book) depicts signs for daler, mark and skilling, respectively. As for skilling, I personally am content with the Eszett, U+00DF, but I have not been able to figure out

Historical Scandinavian currency signs (daler and mark)

Here is a discussion of some old Scandinavian (or at least Danish) currency signs: http://forum.skalman.nu/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=35893 The forum is in the Scandinavian languages, but I suppose the pictures speak for themselves. Note especially this scan: http://forum.skalman.nu/download/file.