Currency sign
Graphic symbols are often used as a shorthand for currency names.
Internationally, ISO 4217 codes are used instead of currency signs, though currency
signs may be in common use in their respective countries.
When writing currency amounts the location of the sign varies by currency. Many currencies locate it before the amount (e.g.,
£50.00); some after the amount (e.g., 50.00 S₣); and before they were abolished, the sign for the Portuguese
Escudo and the French Franc were placed in the decimal position (i.e., 50$00 or 12F34). Although the defined
placement of the euro sign by the European Commission is that
(€) is placed before the amount, many countries which had their former currency sign placed in other positions continue to
use the old position with the new currency.
Some currency symbols include:
- ¤ generic currency sign
- ฿ baht sign (used in Thailand)
- ¢ cent sign (a subdivision of dollars, euros and other
currencies)
- ₡ colón sign (used in Costa Rica and in El Salvador)
- ₠ ECU sign (not widely used, and now
historical; replaced by the euro)
- ₢ cruzeiro sign (formerly used in Brazil)
- $ dollar sign (also used for many other currencies in the Americas, such as the different pesos, and formerly for the
Portuguese Escudo as the
cifrão)
- ₯ drachma sign (formerly used in Greece)
- ₫ đong sign (used in Vietnam)
- € euro sign (used in participating European Union member countries (Eurozone), a few small non-EU
European nations, and the regions of Kosovo and Montenegro)
- ₣ franc sign (formerly used in France. Most people preferred to write "FF" instead)
- ₭ kip sign (used in Laos)
- ₤ lira sign (formerly used in Italy,
San Marino and Vatican
City, and currently sometimes in Malta)
- ₥ mill sign (one-tenth of a cent)
- ₦ naira sign (used in Nigeria)
- ₰ German penny (pfennig) sign
- ₧ peseta sign (formerly used in Spain
and Andorra. Most people preferred to write "pts" instead .)
- ₱ peso sign (used in the Philippines)
- £ pound sign (also used for the lira)
- ៛ riel sign (Cambodia)
- ₨ rupee sign (used in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Mauritius)
- ৲ rupee mark (Bengal)
- ৳ rupee sign (Bengal)
- ₪ new sheqel sign (used in Israel)
- ₩ won sign (used in both Koreas)
- ₮ tugrik sign (used in Mongolia)
- ¥ yen sign (used in Japan and in China for the yuan)
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