The use of DOLLARS not a fantasy/medieval money system. WHY???

[Arcanjo7Sagi]

Originally Posted by Kromm

It's funny, because unless I know I'm dealing with dollars, I think of "$" as equivalent to "¤" – and as being a whole lot more accessible!

Since here in Brazil we use $ too, my thoughts are the same. U$ = dollar. R$ = Real. $ = unspecific coin.

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by Arcanjo7Sagi

Since here in Brazil we use $ too, my thoughts are the same. U$ = dollar. R$ = Real. $ = unspecific coin.

The Canadian firm that's one of my clients uses "U.S.$" as the abbreviation. I've never seen "U$" before.

But in the United States, we just put "$" and read it as "dollar." And since GURPS is published in the United States and its units of measurement are consistently American-centric, I read $ as "dollar" in GURPS books, unless I make a conscious effort not to.

Of course, it's a GURPS dollar anyway, not a real world monetary unit. It just happens to be named after a real world monetary unit.

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by whswhs

But in the United States, we just put "$" and read it as "dollar." And since GURPS is published in the United States and its units of measurement are consistently American-centric, I read $ as "dollar" in GURPS books, unless I make a conscious effort not to.

Of course, it's a GURPS dollar anyway, not a real world monetary unit. It just happens to be named after a real world monetary unit.

That would be true of GURPS, but;

Originally Posted by Adventurers p.95

All prices in Dungeon Fantasy are given in "$": a convenient shorthand for "standard copper piece."

[Bruno]

Originally Posted by whswhs

The Canadian firm that's one of my clients uses "U.S.$" as the abbreviation. I've never seen "U$" before.

Yeah, commonly I see US$ or U.S.$, if they don't just spell out "American Dollars" (As in "This machine does not accept American Dollars", trying to stop travelers from stuffing paper in the credit card slot :P )

Google uses USD, CAD, and AUD (based on the country code, and D for Dollar).

[Þorkell]

Originally Posted by Bruno

Google uses USD, CAD, and AUD (based on the country code, and D for Dollar).

FWIW I think those codes are older than Google.

[RogerBW]

Originally Posted by Þorkell

FWIW I think those codes are older than Google.

Er, yes.