Context: The symbol $, usually written before the numerical amount, is used for the U.S. dollar (as well as for many other currencies). The sign was the result of a late 18th-century evolution of the scribal abbreviation "ps" for the peso, the common name for the Spanish dollars that were in wide circulation in the New World from the 16th to the 19th centuries. These Spanish pesos or dollars were minted in Spanish America, namely in Mexico City, Potosí, Bolivia; and Lima, Peru. The p and the s eventually came to be written over each other giving rise to $.

Question: Which symbol is used to represent the dollar?
Answer: $

Question: What abbreviation was the dollar sign based off of?
Answer: ps

Question: What was the common name for the Spanish dollar?
Answer: peso

Question: Which century signalled the end of the Spanish dollar?
Answer: 19th

Question: In which region of the world were the Spanish pesos minted?
Answer: Spanish America

Question: Which symbol is used to represent the peso?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What abbreviation was the minted sign based off of?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What was the common name for the Spanish sign?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Which century signaled the end of the sign?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: In which region of the world were Spanish signs minted?
Answer: Unanswerable