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In the banking business, the US dollar has the abbreviation
USD
followed by the amount.
So, it would read USD 1.
My CHF 0.03 (or DEM 0.036; FRF 0.12; GBP 0.012 ...) worth.
Hope, this can help.
Max Wyss
PRODOK Engineering AG
Technical documentation and translations, Electronic Publishing
CH-8906 Bonstetten, Switzerland
Fax: +41 1 700 20 37
e-mail: mailto:prodok -at- prodok -dot- ch or 100012 -dot- 44 -at- compuserve -dot- com
Bridging the Knowledge Gap
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>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/
>
