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Plaque in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland reading:

"Here stood the house of Bailie Bell, who, before 1744, was an eager co-worker with Alexander Wilson, the father of Scottish type-founder, and John Baine, in whose type-foundry in Philadelphia the first $ sign was cast in 1797."
Date 14 August 2006 (according to Exif data)
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current09:13, 14 August 20062,048 × 1,536 (712 KB)OrudgePlaque in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland reading: "Here stood the house of Bailie Bell, who, before 1744, was an eager co-worker with Alexander Wilson, the father of Scottish type-founder, and John Baine, in whose type-foundry in Philadelphia the first $ sig

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