Currency symbol


A currency symbol or currency sign is a graphic symbol used as a shorthand for a currency's name, especially in reference to amounts of money.

Usage

When writing currency amounts, the location of the symbol varies by language. Many currencies in the English-speaking world and Latin America place it before the amount. The Cape Verdean escudo places its symbol in the decimal separator position. In many European countries such as France, the symbol is usually placed after the amount.
The decimal separator also follows local countries' standards. For instance, the United Kingdom often uses an interpunct as the decimal point on handwritten price stickers, but a full stop in print. Commas or decimal points are common separators used in other countries.

Design

Older currency symbols have evolved slowly, often from previous currencies. The dollar and peso symbols originated from the mark employed to denote the Spanish Spanish dollar, whereas the pound and lira symbols evolved from an L standing for libra, a Roman pound of silver. Newly invented currencies and currencies adopting new symbols have symbolism closer to their adopter. The added center bar in the real sign is meant to symbolize stability. In 2009, India launched a public competition to replace the ligature that it shared with neighbouring countries. It finalised its new currency symbol, on 15 July 2010. It is a blend of the Latin letter 'R' with the Devanagari letter 'र'.
There are also other considerations, such as how the symbol is rendered on computers and typesetting. For a new symbol to be used, software to render it needs to be distributed and keyboard mappings need to be altered or shortcuts added to type the icon. For example, the European Commission was criticized for not considering how the euro symbol would need to be customized to work in different fonts. The original design was also exceptionally wide. These two factors have led to most type foundries designing customized versions that match the 'look and feel' of the font to which it is to be added, often with reduced width.

List of currency symbols currently in use

Some of these symbols are rare because the currency sub-unit that they represent is obsolete or obsolescent due to currency inflation.
SymbolUsesNotes
¤Generic currency signUsed when the correct symbol is not available.
؋Afghan afghani
ArMalagasy ariary
฿Thai bahtUsed for Bitcoin in cases where the Bitcoin Sign is unavailable
B/.Panamanian balboa
BrEthiopian birr; Belarusian ruble
BitcoinCryptocurrency, introduced in Unicode 10.0
Bs.S.Venezuelan bolívar variantUsually Bs.
GH₵Ghana cedi
¢cent, centavo, etc.A centesimal subdivision of currencies such as the US dollar, the Canadian dollar, and the Mexican peso. See also c
ccent etc. variantPreferred by currencies such as the Australian, New Zealand, South African cents; the West African CFA centime; and the divisions of the euro. See also ¢
Ch.Bhutanese chhertumA centesimal division of the ngultrum.
Costa Rican colón, symbol was also used for the Salvadoran colón.The Salvadoran colón was discontinued in 2001 and it was replaced by the US dollar.
C$Nicaraguan córdoba
DGambian dalasi
денMacedonian denarLatin form: DEN
دجAlgerian dinarLatin form: DA
.د.بBahraini dinarLatin form: BD
د.عIraqi dinarLatin form: I.Q.D.
JDJordanian dinar
د.كKuwaiti dinarLatin form: K.D.
ل.دLibyan dinarLatin form: LD
динSerbian dinarLatin form: din.
د.تTunisian dinarLatin form: DT
د.م.Moroccan dirhamLatin forms: DH; Dhs
د.إUnited Arab Emirates dirhamLatin forms DH; Dhs
DbSão Tomé and Príncipe dobra
$Australian, Bahamian, Barbadian, Belizean, Bermudian, Brunei, Canadian, Cayman Islands, East Caribbean, Fiji, Guyanese, Hong Kong, Jamaican, Kiribati, Liberian, Namibian, New Zealand, Singaporean, Solomon Islands, Surinamese, New Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, and Tuvaluan, United States, dollars
Argentine, Chilean, Colombian, Cuban, Cuban convertible, Dominican, Mexican, and Uruguayan pesos
May appear with either one or two bars, which share the same Unicode space.
Kiribati's and Tuvalu's dollars are pegged 1:1 to the Australian dollar. Brunei's dollar is pegged 1:1 to the Singaporean dollar. See also C$, MOP$, R$, T$, WS$.
Unicode: See $ for variants.
Vietnamese đồng
Armenian dram
EscCape Verdean escudoAlso the double-barred dollar sign :
EuroIn addition to the members of the eurozone, the Vatican, San Marino, Monaco and Andorra have been granted issuing rights for coinage but not banknotes.
ƒAruban florin
Netherlands Antillean guilder
FtHungarian forint
FBuBurundian franc
FCFACentral African CFA francPegged 1:1 to West African CFA franc.
CFAWest African CFA francPegged 1:1 to Central African CFA franc.
F
Fr, fr
Comorian, Congolese, Djiboutian, Guinean, and Swiss francsAlso and possibly..
FRwRwandan francPossibly also RF and RFr
GHaitian gourde
grPolish groszA centesimal division of the złoty
Paraguayan guaraníor
hCzech haléřA centesimal division of the koruna
Ukrainian hryvnia
Lao kipor ₭N
Czech koruna
krDanish krone ; Norwegian krone ; Swedish krona ; Icelandic króna ; Faroese krónaFaroese króna pegged 1:1 to Danish krone, which is in turn pegged to the Euro through the ERM.
knCroatian kuna
KzAngolan kwanza
KMyanmar kyat; Papua New Guinean kina; Malawian kwacha; Zambian kwacha
Georgian lariUnicode:
LAlbanian lek; Romanian leu; Moldovan leu; Honduran lempiraAlso used as the currency symbol for the Lesotho one-loti and the Swazi one-lilangeni note. Also rarely used for the pound sign
LeSierra Leonean leone
лв.Bulgarian lev
ESwazi lilangeniSymbol based on the plural form "emalangeni" However the one-lilageni note employs the currency symbol L
lpCroatian lipaA centesimal division of the kuna.
Turkish liraUnicode:
MLesotho lotiSymbol based on plural form "maloti". The one-loti note employs the symbol L
Azerbaijani manatAlso m. or man. Unicode:
KMBosnia and Herzegovina convertible markCyrillic form: КМ
MTMozambican meticalAlso MTn
Mill, mil, etc.An uncommon millesimal subdivision of US dollars and other currencies.
NfkEritrean nakfaAlso Nfa
Nigerian naira
Nu.Bhutanese ngultrum
UMMauritanian ouguiya
T$Tongan paanga
MOP$Macanese patacaAlso 圓 and
pAlderney, British, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Manx and Saint Helena penniesThe penny is now a centesimal division of the pound.
Philippine pesoAlso , PHP, and P
ptEgyptian piastreA centesimal division of the Egyptian pound. A local symbol used in handwriting and occasionally print is represented by a stylised form of "Arabic Letter Dotless Qaf" ٯ placed above the digits. Due to inflation and lack of computer support its use is dwindling.
£Alderney, British, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Manx and Saint Helena pounds
Egyptian pound
Also ₤ and L. All, except EGP, are pegged 1:1 to GBP.
EGP also abbreviated "L.E.", and, in Arabic, ج.م.
A local symbol used in handwriting and occasionally print is represented by a stylised dotless form of "Arabic Letter Jeem" ح placed above the digits,. Due to lack of computer support its use is dwindling.
LLLebanese pound
LSSyrian pound
PBotswana pula
QGuatemalan quetzal
qAlbanian qindarkëA centesimal division of the lek.
RSouth African randAlso sometimes Russian etc. rubles.
R$Brazilian realThe $ is sometimes written with a double bar like a double-barred dollar sign:
Iranian rialUnicode:
ر.ع.Omani rial
ر.قQatari riyalLatin: QR
ر.سSaudi riyalLatin: SR. Also ﷼
ر.يYemeni rial
Cambodian riel
RMMalaysian ringgit
Pridnestrovie ruble
Russian rubleUnicode:
Rf.Maldivian rufiyaaAlso MRf., MVR and.ރ
Indian rupeePreviously ₨ or Re. Unicode:
Mauritian, Nepalese, Pakistani and Sri Lankan rupeesUnicode:
SReSeychellois rupeeAlso SR
RpIndonesian rupiah
Israeli new shekel
TshTanzanian shillingAlso TSh
KshKenyan shillingAlso KSh
Sh.So.Somali shilling
UShUgandan shilling
S/Peruvian sol
SDRSpecial drawing rights
, сомKyrgyzstani som: Early in 2017 the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic approved an underlined C as new currency symbol.
Bangladeshi TakaAlso Tk
WS$Samoan tālāSymbol based on previous name "West Samoan tala". Also T and ST. See also $.
Kazakhstani tenge
Mongolian tögrög
VTVanuatu vatu
North Korean won; South Korean won-
¥Japanese yen ; Chinese Renminbi yuan Used with one and two crossbars.
円 is usually used in Japan.
元 is also used in reference to the Macanese pataca and the Hong Kong and Taiwanese dollars.
Unicode:,
Polish złoty

Other rupee symbols

List of historic currency symbols

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SymbolUses
Argentine austral
Cz$Brazilian cruzado
₢ Cr$Brazilian cruzeiro
Pfennig, a subdivision of the German Mark and the German Reichsmark
MEast German Deutsche Mark
DMWest German and united German Deutsche Mark
Nordic mark symbol used by Ludvig Holberg in Denmark and Norway in the 17th and 18th centuries
Greek drachma
ECU
ƒDutch gulden, currently used in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba
FrFranc, used in France and other countries; in France an F with double bar was proposed in 1988 but never adopted
KčsCzechoslovak koruna
Lira, formerly used in Italy, San Marino and Vatican City, and sometimes in Malta
LmMaltese lira
LsLatvian lats
LtLithuanian litas
MEast German Mark der DDR
German Mark
MDNEast German Mark der Deutschen Notenbank
mkFinnish markka
PFPhilippine peso fuerte
Spanish peseta
R or RDSwedish riksdaler
ℛℳGerman reichsmark
Portuguese escudo
SkSlovak koruna
Spesmilo in the Esperanto movement
Livre tournois, used in medieval France
?As coin used during the Roman Empire and Roman Republic
?Denarius coin used in Ancient Rome from 211 BC to the 3rd century AD
?Dupondius coin used during the Roman Empire and Roman Republic
?Quinarius coin used in Ancient Rome from 211 BC to the 3rd century AD
?Sestertius coin used in Ancient Rome from 211 BC to the 3rd century AD
£2 10s 3d, £2/10/3The United Kingdom and British Commonwealth countries, before decimalisation, used several recognised formats for amounts in pounds, shillings and pence, all for the same amount. A dash was often used to indicate a zero amount of pence or shillings, e.g. 3/- or £4/-/6d
I/.Peruvian inti
Bengali rupee mark
Bengali ānā, historically used to represent 1/16th of a taka/rupee
Bengali gaṇḍā, historically used to represent 1/20th of an ānā
߾Dorome sign using the N'Ko alphabet
߿Taman sign using the N'Ko alphabet
?Indic Siyaq rupee mark