Yep, I'm with you.  Out of the hieroglyph options the lowercase bslash is the best option IMO, but I have to admit that after all these years I write....... $1, £1, 1 EUR.  So perhaps the unique hieroglyph should be left alone.

Please, please, please forget about the implied-by-previous-logo wild west theme and do a free rebranding - you have the eye for the clean corpo look!