Hi - two identical strange icons have appeared in my menu bar - square with a dollar sign in them. When hovered over it shows nothing, when clicked on it just opens a blank box.

What’s the connection between the Spanish peso and the dollar sign? From the 16th and 18th centuries, a Spanish silver coin known as a “real” was the currency of reference for world trade.

But a second look from the GAO flips that coin argument on its head. Analysts now say the government would lose between $611 million and $2.6 billion over 30 years by phasing out the dollar bill ...