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Subject:Re: International money designations From:Marilynne Smith <marilyns -at- QUALCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 24 Apr 1998 10:29:35 -0700
I would do it $1 US.
Now I have a question. How will you document Euro currency (C with an =
sign superimposed)?
Marilynne
At 9:23 AM -0500 4/24/98, Marci Abels wrote:
>I've looked in the archives, and in my reference books, and haven't
>found what I want. So, I'm asking you, how do you designate currency?
>Would you say
>
>US$ 1
>US $1 or
>US 1
>
>I have a preference, but was asked to show some source or authority for
>my suggestion.
>
>So, how would you write this? (It's for a marketing piece our
>department is putting together - a project description of sorts, if that
>makes any difference)
>
>O BTW, I'm on digest, so please reply to me at this address and I'll
>summarize if anyone is interested.
>
>TIA
>
>Marci Abels mabels -at- csiks -dot- com
>CSI
>CSI, Inc. http://www.csiks.com/
>
>
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