why are most money symbols just Latin script letters with lines through them

$ is S+|, £ is L+—, € is C+=, ¥ is Y+=, ₩ is W+=, ¢ is c+|, ฿ is B+|, ₡ is C+//, ₣ is F+—, ₤ is L+=, ₥ is m+/, ₫ is d+—+_, ₦ is N+=

there only seem to be a few that aren't, ₪ ₨ ₧ ₢

those are even still based on Latin letters except for ₪

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yes i did just go through all the things in the currency block of the windows character map

I left out ₠ because I don't know if that was ever actually used

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