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> Why do some people write the dollar sign after the number?

For foreigners, that's easy, that's how you write currencies in other languages.

For American doing it, I guess it is just a typing artefact. You think "ten dollars", you write "10$", there is no autocorrect for that kind of things so you let is slide.

Could also be a holdover from using cents. I have always seen the cents symbol used after the number so 70¢ is a shorter way to write $0.70

For currency, I think it's just a mental consistency. I type 1%, I say one percent. I type $1, I say dollar one?

I understand it's not correct at all. But I can internally justify why people type "1$" when they're thinking "one dollar".

Just be glad it's not "$1 dollar".

Oh to be a fiat currency!

It is a locale thing.