How did the western world get ¥ from 円?

How did the western world get ¥ from 円?

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  1. Doesn’t it look like a Y and an E put together? And any chance it also has to do with Chinese Yuan?

  2. I’ve heard the same as u/rainbow_city in regards to this subject. Since it was around the time of the Meiji restoration that western influence was more prominent, they probably picked up one of these symbols to make trade easier? That’s just my theory.

  3. The same way Japan got 弗 from $. Or not actually as in this case it was because the kanji looked like the dollar symbol with two bars

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