I cannot search for a string of characters in Lion that is a dollar amount, e.g., $90

Greetings!  I just upgraded to Lion.  Finder no longer allows me to search files, e.g., Word files for amounts, e.g., $90, $100, $85.  The "$" character ruins the search.  What do I do?!

I don't think you can use that symbol as it is part of the OS. Just like in Windows there are charactrers that can't be used in file names or in searches. They mean something totally different to the OS then what you are using them for.
Just open a terminal window and you will see the OS using the $ sign symbol.

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