Some interesting comments from https://youtu.be/cCoed5Oo_J4
"The symbol was actually first invented somewhere between 1973 and 1978 when it appeared in an architectural drawing. It was more than likely just a printing error. Then in the early 1980s, around 1983 it began to be used in certain business documents, generally for memos and Some presentations.
Or, it was actually used in some Dutch economic textbooks in the 1980s."
sauce or it didn't happen