Currency symbol - wikipedia Currency symbol For the ¤ currency symbol, see currency sign ( typography ). Not to be confused with currency code ( the three - letter ISO 4217 abbreviation ). This article contains Unicode currency symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of currency symbols. Currency symbol Punctuation apostrophe ' ' brackets ( ) ( ) ( ) ⟨ ⟩ colon : comma, ، 、 dash ‒ -- -- ― ellipsis...... ⋯ ᠁ ฯ exclamation mark ! full stop, period. guillemets `` '' `` '' hyphen ‐ hyphen - minus - question mark ? quotation marks ' ' `` '' ' ' `` '' semicolon ; slash, stroke, solidus / ⁄ Word dividers interpunct space General typography ampersand & asterisk * at sign @ backslash \basis point ‱ bullet caret dagger † ‡ degree ° ditto mark '' equals sign = inverted exclamation mark ¡ inverted question mark ¿ komejirushi, kome, reference mark ※ multiplication sign × number sign, pound, hash # numero sign No obelus ÷ ordinal indicator o a percent, per mil % ‰ plus and minus + − pilcrow ¶ prime ′ '' ′′′ section sign § tilde ~ underscore, understrike _ vertical bar, pipe, broken bar ‖ ¦ Intellectual property copyright © sound - recording copyright ℗ registered trademark ® service mark SM trademark TM Currency currency sign ¤ currency symbols ؋ ​ ₳ ​ ฿ ​ ₿ ​ ₵ ​ ¢ ​ ₡ ​ ₢ ​ $ ​ ₫ ​ ₯ ​ ֏ ​ ₠ ​ € ​ ƒ ​ ₣ ​ ₲ ​ ₴ ​ ₭ ​ ₺ ​ ₾ ​ ₼ ​ M ​ ₥ ​ ₦ ​ ₧ ​ ₱ ​ ₰ ​ £ ​ 元 圆 圓 ​ ریال ​ ៛ ​ ₽ ​ ₹ Rs ​ ₪ ​ ৳ ​ ₸ ​ ₮ ​ ₩ ​ ¥ 円 Uncommon typography asterism ⁂ fleuron, hedera ❧ index, fist ☞ interrobang ‽ irony punctuation ⸮ lozenge ◊ tie ⁀ Related Diacritics Logic symbols Whitespace characters In other scripts Chinese Hebrew Japanese Korean Portal Book A currency symbol is a graphic symbol used as a shorthand for a currency 's name, especially in reference to amounts of money. Although many former currency symbols were rendered obsolete by the adoption of the euro, having a new and unique currency symbol -- implementation of which requires the adoption of new Unicode and type formats -- has now become a status symbol for international currencies. The European Commission considers the global recognition of the euro sign € part of its success. In 2009, India launched a public competition to replace the Rs ligature 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 ' ( ra ). Contents 1 Usage 2 Design 3 List of presently - circulating currency symbols 4 Rupee symbols 5 List of historic currency symbols 6 See also 7 References Usage When writing currency amounts, the location of the symbol varies by currency. Many currencies in the English - speaking world and Latin America place it before the amount ( e.g., R $ 50, 00 ). The Cape Verdean escudo places its symbol in the decimal separator position ( i.e., 20 $00 ). In many European countries such as France, Germany, Greece, Scandinavian countries, the symbol is usually placed after the amount ( e.g., 20, 50 € ). The decimal separator also follows local countries ' standards. For instance, the United Kingdom often uses an interpunct as the decimal point on price stickers ( e.g., £ 5 52 ), although no longer generally does so in print. Commas ( e.g. € 5, 00 ) or decimal points ( e.g. $50.00 ) are common separators used in other countries. See decimal separator for information on international standards. Design Official dimensions of the euro sign Dimensions of the symbol in a selection of type faces Older currency symbols have evolved slowly, often from previous currencies. The dollar and peso symbols originated from the mark employed to denote the Spanish real de a ocho, 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. The new Indian rupee symbol, ₹, is a stylised combination of Latin and Devanagari letters. There are also other considerations, such as the perception of the business community and how the symbol is rendered on computers. For a new symbol to be used, software to render it needs to be promulgated and keyboards need to be altered or shortcuts added to type the icon. The EU 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 typefaces employing customized, font - specific versions, usually with reduced width. List of presently - circulating currency symbols Symbol Uses Notes ¤ ¤ Zzz Generic currency sign Used when the correct symbol is not available Afg ؋ Afghani Afghan afghani Ar Ar Ariary Malagasy ariary ₿ ₿ Bitcoin Bitcoin Unicode : U + 20BF ₿ BITCOIN SIGN ( May display incorrectly ). Before its introduction, the capital letter B with stroke and the baht symbol, among other conventions, were used. B ฿ Baht Thai baht BZ B /. Balboa Panamanian balboa Br Br Birr Ethiopian birr Belarusian ruble Bs Bs. Boliviano Venezuelan bolívar Bolivian boliviano Bolívar sometimes Bs. F. BsF Bs. F. Bolivar Venezuelan bolívar variant Usually Bs. C1 GH ₵ Cedi Ghana cedi c1 ¢ cent1 cent, centavo, &c. A centesimal subdivision of currencies such as the US dollar, the Canadian dollar, and the Mexican peso. ( See article. ) See also c c2 c cent2 cent &c. variant Preferred 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 Ch. chhertum Bhutanese chhertum A centesimal division of the ngultrum. C2 ₡ Colon 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. C3 C $ Córdoba Nicaraguan córdoba D1 D Dalasi Gambian dalasi DOGE Ð Dogecoin Dogecoin Uses Unicode character U + 00D0 Ð LATIN CAPITAL LETTER ETH, initially intended for usage in certain languages. Den ден Denar Macedonian denar Latin form : DEN DA دج DinarA Algerian dinar Latin form : DA DB. د. ب DinarB Bahraini dinar Latin form : BD ID د. ع DinarI Iraqi dinar JD JD DinarJ Jordanian dinar DK د. ك DinarK Kuwaiti dinar Latin form : K.D. LD ل. د DinarL Libyan dinar Latin form : LD Din дин DinarS Serbian dinar Latin form : din. DT د. ت DinarT Tunisian dinar Latin form : DT DM د. م. DirhamM Moroccan dirham Latin forms : DH or Dhs DH د. إ DirhamU United Arab Emirates dirham Latin forms : DH or Dhs Db Db Dobra São Tomé and Príncipe dobra S1 $ Dollar Australian ( A $ ), Bahamian ( B $ ), Barbadian ( Bds $ ), Belizean ( BZ $ ), Bermudian ( BD $ ), Brunei ( B $ ), Canadian ( Can $ ), Cayman Islands ( CI $ ), East Caribbean ( EC $ ), Fiji ( FJ $ ), Guyanese ( G $ ), Hong Kong ( HK $ / 元 / 圓 ), Jamaican ( J $ ), Kiribati, Liberian ( L $ ), Linden Dollar ( Second Life virtual world ) ( L $ or LD $ ), Namibian ( N $ ), New Zealand ( NZ $ ), Singaporean ( S $ ), Solomon Islands ( SI $ ), Surinamese ( SRD ), New Taiwan ( NT $ / 元 / 圓 ), Trinidad and Tobago ( TT $ ), Tuvaluan, United States ( US $ ), and Zimbabwean ( Z $ ) dollars Argentine, Chilean ( CLP $ ), Colombian ( COL $ ), Cuban ( $ MN ), Cuban convertible ( CUC $ ), Dominican ( RD $ ), Mexican ( Mex $ ), and Uruguayan ( $ U ) pesos May appear with either one or two bars ( ), which share the same Unicode space. Kiribati and Tuvalu 's dollars are pegged 1 : 1 with the Australian dollar. Brunei 's dollar is pegged 1 : 1 with the Singaporean dollar. See also C $ and MOP $ and R $ and T $ and WS $ Unicode : See $ for variants. D2 ₫ Dong Vietnamese đồng U + 20AB ₫ Dong sign D3 Dram Armenian dram U + 058F ֏ Armenian Dram sign Esc Esc Escudo Cape Verdean escudo Also the double - barred dollar sign ( cifrão ) : E € Euro Euro In addition to the members of the eurozone, the Vatican, San Marino, Monaco and Andorra have been granted issuing rights for coinage but not banknotes. Fƒ Florin Aruban florin ( Afl. ) Netherlands Antillean guilder ( NAƒ ) Ft Ft Forint Hungarian forint FBu FBu Franc BBurundian franc FCFA FCFA Franc Ca Central African CFA franc Pegged 1 : 1 with West African CFA franc CFA CFA Franc Wa West African CFA franc Pegged 1 : 1 with Central African CFA franc Fr Fr Franc Co Comorian ( CF ), Congolese ( CF, FC ), Djiboutian ( Fdj / DF ), Guinean ( FG / GFr ) and Swiss ( SFr ) francs Also F. The character ₣, representing an F with a double bar, proposed as a symbol for the French Franc by Édouard Balladur in 1988 was never adopted, it is represented by a ligature Fr in some fonts. FRw FRw Franc RRwandan franc Possibly also RF and RFr GG Gourde Haitian gourde gr gr grosz Polish grosz A centesimal division of the złoty G / ₲ Guarani Paraguayan guaraní Or hh haler Czech haléř A centesimal division of the koruna He ₴ Hryvnia Ukrainian hryvnia K - ₭ Kip Lao kip Or ₭ N Kc Kč Koruna Czech koruna Kr kr Krone Danish krone ( DKK ) Norwegian krone ( NOK ) Swedish krona ( SEK ) Icelandic króna ( ISK ) Faroese króna Faroese króna pegged 1 : 1 with Danish krone, which is in turn pegged to the Euro through the ERMII. Kn kn Kuna Croatian kuna MK MK Kwacha MMalawian kwacha ZK ZK Kwacha ZZambian kwacha Kz Kz Kwanza Angolan kwanza KK Kyat Myanma kyat Papua New Guinean kina Las Lari Georgian lari Unicode : U + 20BE ₾ Lari sign ( may display incorrectly ) LL Lek Albanian lek Honduran lempira Also used as the currency symbol for the Lesotho one - loti and the Swazi one - lilangeni note Also uncommonly used for the pound sign £ Le Le Leone Sierra Leonean leone Lv лв. No Lev Bulgarian lev EE Lilangeni Swazi lilangeni Symbol based on the plural form `` emalangeni ''. The one - lilageni note employs the currency symbol L lp lp Lipa Croatian lipa A centesimal division of the kuna. TL Lira Turkish lira Unicode : U + 20BA ₺ Turkish lira sign M1 M Loti Lesotho loti Symbol based on plural form `` maloti ''. The one - loti note employs the currency symbol L M2 Manat Azerbaijani manat Also m. and man. Unicode : U + 20BC ₼ MANAT SIGN ( may display incorrectly ) KM KM Mark Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark Cyrillic form : КМ MT MT Metical Mozambican metical Also MTn m / ₥ mill Mill, mil, &. c An uncommon millesimal subdivision of US dollars and other currencies. ( See article. ) Nfk Nfk Nakfa Eritrean nakfa Also Nfa N ₦ Naira Nigerian naira Nu Nu. Ngultrum Bhutanese ngultrum UM UM Ouguiya Mauritanian ouguiya Pa T $ Paanga Tongan pa ʻanga MOPS MOP $ Pataca Macanese pataca Also 圓 and 元 P2 ₱ Peso Philippine peso Also ₱, PHP, and P pt Pt. piastre Egyptian piastre A centesimal division of the Egyptian pound. L - £ Pound BBritish, Falkland Islands ( FK £ ), Gibraltar, Manx ( M £ ), St. Helena Also ₤ and L, all pegged 1 : 1 to GBP GM E £ Pound EEgyptian pound Also L.E. ( short for French livre égyptienne ), and ج. م. in Arabic. LL LL Pound LLebanese pound LS LS Pound SSyrian pound P1 P Pula Botswana pula QQ Quetzal Guatemalan quetzal qq qindarke Albanian qindarkë A centesimal division of the lek. R1 R Rand South African rand Also sometimes Russian &c. rubles RS R $ Real Brazilian real The $ is sometimes written with a double bar like a double - barred dollar sign : Rial Rial IIranian rial Unicode : U + FDFC ریال RIAL SIGN RO ر. ع. Rial OOmani rial RK ر. ق Rial QQatari riyal Latin : QR RS ر. س Riyal SSaudi riyal Latin : SR. Also : ریال ر. ي Yemeni rial Riel ៛ Riel Cambodian riel RM RM Ringgit Malaysian ringgit R2 p British &c. pennies The penny is now a centesimal division of the pound. Ruble TPridnestrovie ruble R3 ₽ Ruble RRussian ruble Unicode : U + 20BD ₽ ruble sign Rf Rf. Rufiyaa Maldivian rufiyaa Also MRf., MVR and. ރ ₹ Rupee IIndian rupee Previously Rs or Re ( before 15 July 2010 ). Unicode : U + 20B9 ₹ INDIAN RUPEE SIGN Rs Rs Rupee PMauritian, Nepalese ( N Rs / रू. ), Pakistani and Sri Lankan ( SLRs / රු ) rupees SRe SRe Rupee SSeychellois rupee Also SR Rp Rp Rupiah Indonesian rupiah Sh ₪ Shekel Israeli new shekel Tsh Tsh Shilling TTanzanian shilling Also TSh Ksh Ksh Shilling KKenyan shilling Also KSh Shso Sh.So. Shilling SSomali shilling Ush USh Shilling UUgandan shilling SS / Sol Peruvian sol SDR SDR Special Special drawing rights som, сом som Kyrgyzstani som : Early 2017 the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic approved an underlined C as new currency symbol. Tk ৳ Taka Bangladeshi Taka Also Tk WSS WS $ Tala Samoan tālā Symbol based on previous name `` West Samoan tala ''. Also T and ST. See also $ Tenge Kazakhstani tenge U + 20B8 ₸ Tenge sign ( may display incorrectly ) T / / ₮ Togrog Mongolian tögrög Vt VT Vatu Vanuatu vatu W ₩ Won North Korean won South Korean won Y ¥ Yuan Japanese yen ( 円 / 圓 ) Chinese Renminbi yuan ( 元 / 圆 ) Used with one and two crossbars. 円 ( en, lit. `` circle '' ) is frequently used in Japan colloquially. 元 is also used in reference to the Macanese pataca and Hong Kong and Taiwanese dollars. Unicode : U + 00A5 ¥ YEN SIGN, U + FFE5 ¥ FULLWIDTH YEN SIGN Zl zł Zloty Polish złoty Rupee symbols Rupee sign in other languages Language Sign in Unicode Tamil U + 0BF9 ௹ TAMIL RUPEE SIGN ( HTML & # 3065 ; ) Gujarati U + 0AF1 ૱ GUJARATI RUPEE SIGN ( HTML & # 2801 ; ) Kannada U + 0CB0 ರ KANNADA LETTER RA ( HTML & # 3248 ; ) Sinhalese U + 0DD4 රු SINHALA VOWEL SIGN KETTI PAA - PILLA ( HTML & # 3540 ; ) North Indic U + A838 ꠸ NORTH INDIC RUPEE MARK ( HTML & # 43064 ; ) List of historic currency symbols Symbol Uses ₳ Argentine austral symbol ₢ Cr $ Brazilian cruzeiro symbol ₰ pfennig symbol of the German Mark ( 1875 -- 1923 ) and the German Reichsmark ( 1923 -- 1948 ) DM East German Deutsche Mark ( east ) symbol ( 1948 -- 1964 ) DM West German and united German Deutsche Mark ( west ) symbol ( 1948 -- 2001 ) ₻ Nordic mark symbol used by Ludvig Holberg in Denmark and Norway in the 17th and 18th centuries ₯ Greek drachma symbol ₠ ECU symbol ( not widely used, and now historical ; replaced by the euro ) ƒ Dutch gulden symbol, currently used in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba Fr franc symbol, used in France and other countries ; in France an F with double bar ( ₣ ) was proposed in 1988 but never adopted Kčs Czechoslovak koruna symbol ( 1919 -- 1993 ) ₤ lira symbol, formerly used in Italy, San Marino and Vatican City ( although not as an official symbol ), and sometimes in Malta Lm Maltese lira symbol Ls Latvian lats symbol ( 1922 -- 2013 ) Lt Lithuanian litas symbol ( 1922 -- 2014 ) East German Mark der DDR symbol ( 1968 -- 1990 ) M German Mark symbol ( 1875 -- 1923 ) MDN East German Mark der Deutschen Notenbank symbol ( 1964 -- 1968 ) mk Finnish markka symbol ( 1860 -- 2002 ) PF Philippine peso fuerte symbol ( 1852 -- 1901 ) ₧ Spanish peseta symbol ( 1869 -- 2002 ) R or RD Swedish riksdaler ( 1777 -- 1873 ) RM German reichsmark symbol ( 1923 -- 1948 ) Portuguese escudo symbol ( cifrão ) Sk Slovak koruna ( 1993 -- 2008 ) ₷ Spesmilo ( 1907 -- First World War ) in the Esperanto movement ₶ Livre tournois symbol, 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 / 3, £ 2 10'3 The 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 hyphen or ASCII hyphen - minus was often used to indicate the absence of an amount e.g. 3 / - or - / 6 I /. Peruvian inti ( 1985 - 1991 ) ৲ Bengali rupee mark ৹ Bengali ānā, historically used to represent 1 / 16th of a taka / rupee ৻ Bengali gaṇḍā, historically used to represent 1 / 20th of an ānā ( 1 / 320th of a taka / rupee ) See also List of currencies List of circulating currencies Currency Symbols ( Unicode block ) References ^ Jump up to : Westcott, K. ( 2009 ) India seeks rupee status symbol, BBC 10 March 2009, accessed 1 September 2009 Jump up ^ ( in Portuguese ) Banco de Cabo Verde. `` Moedas Archived January 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine... '' Accessed 25 Feb 2011. Jump up ^ `` The real. rs money '' ( PDF ). ECB. p. 3. Retrieved 2011 - 05 - 21. Jump up ^ Banky Foiben'i Madagasikara. Accessed 24 Feb 2011. Jump up ^ Bank of Guyana. Accessed 25 Feb 2011. Jump up ^ Centrale Bank van Aruba. About Us -- A Brief History of the Bank. '' Accessed 23 Feb 2011. 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Question: what does a c with 2 lines through it mean
Answer: Costa Rican colón