Currency symbol

A currency symbol is a short symbol used as for a currency's name.

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). Banco de Cabo Verde. "Moedas ." Accessed 25 Feb 2011. The usage of many European countries, such as France, Germany, Scandinavian countries, is to place the symbol after the amount 20,50 €.

List of presently used currency symbols
 Symbol  Uses  Notes ¤  General currency sign  This is used when the correct symbol for the currency is not available ؋  Afghan afghani  Ar  Malagasy ariaryBanky Foiben'i Madagasikara . Accessed 24 Feb 2011.  ฿  Thai baht   B/.  Panamanian balboa  Br  Ethiopian birrBelarusian ruble  Bs.  Venezuelan bolívarBolivian boliviano  Bolívar sometimes Bs.F. Bs.F.  Venezuelan bolívar variant  Usually Bs. GH₵  Ghana cedi  ¢  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 c  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.  Bhutanese chhertum  A 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   D  Gambian dalasi  ден  Macedonian denar  Latin form: DEN دج  Algerian dinar  Latin form: DA .د.ب  Bahraini dinar  Latin form: BD د.ع  Iraqi dinar  JD  Jordanian dinar  د.ك  Kuwaiti dinar  Latin form: K.D. ل.د  Libyan dinar  Latin form: LD дин  Serbian dinar  Latin form: din. د.ت  Tunisian dinar  Latin form: DT د.م.  Moroccan dirham  Latin forms: DH or Dhs د.إ  United Arab Emirates dirham  Latin forms: DH or Dhs Db  São Tomé and Príncipe dobra  $   Australian (A$), Bahamian (B$), Barbadian (Bds$), Belizean (BZ$), Bermudian (BD$), Brunei (B$), Canadian (Can$), Cayman Islands (CI$), East Caribbean (EC$), Fiji (FJ$), Guyanese (G$),Bank of Guyana. Accessed 25 Feb 2011. Hong Kong (HK$/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$), Surinamese (SRD), Taiwanese (NT$/元/圓), Trinidad and Tobago (TT$), Tuvaluan, United States (US$), and Zimbabwean (Z$) dollarsArgentine, Chilean (CLP$), Colombian (COL$), Cuban ($MN), Cuban convertible (CUC$), Dominican (RD$), Mexican (Mex$), and Uruguayan ($U) pesos May appear with either one or two bars (14px), 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. ₫  Vietnamese đồng   12px|link=Armenian dram  Armenian dram   Esc  Cape Verdean escudo  Also the double-barred dollar sign (cifrão): 14px €  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. ƒ  Aruban florin (Afl.)Centrale Bank van Aruba. About Us A Brief History of the Bank." Accessed 23 Feb 2011.Netherlands Antillean guilder (NAƒ)  Ft  Hungarian forint  FBu  Burundian franc  FCFA  Central African CFA franc  Pegged 1:1 with West African CFA franc CFA  West African CFA franc  Pegged 1:1 with Central African CFA franc Fr  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  Rwandan francNational Bank of Rwanda. "Legal tender ." Accessed 25 Feb 2011.  Possibly also RFUniversity of British Columbia: Saunders School of Business. "Currencies of the World ." Accessed 25 Feb 2011. and RFrLonely Planet. "Rwanda." Accessed 25 Feb 2011. G  Haitian gourde  gr  Polish grosz  A centesimal division of the złoty ₲  Paraguayan guaraní  Or 12px h  Czech haléř  A centesimal division of the koruna ₴  Ukrainian hryvnia  ₭  Lao kip  Or ₭N Kč  Czech koruna  kr  Danish (Dkr) and Norwegian kronesSwedish kronaFaroese and Icelandic (Íkr) króna Faroese króna pegged 1:1 with Danish krone. kn  Croatian kuna  MK  Malawian kwacha  ZK  Zambian kwacha  Kz  Angolan kwanza  K  Myanma kyatPapua New Guinean kina  20px|link=Georgian lari|ლ  Georgian lari  L  Albanian lekHonduran lempira  Also used as the currency symbol for the Lesotho one-loti and the Swazi one-lilangeni noteAlso uncommonly used for the pound sign £ Le  Sierra Leonean leone  лв  Bulgarian lev  E  Swazi lilangeni  Symbol based on the plural form "emalangeni".  The one-lilageni note employs the currency symbol L lp  Croatian lipa  A centesimal division of the kuna. 12px|link=Turkish lira  Turkish lira   M  Lesotho loti  Symbol based on plural form "maloti".  The one-loti note employs the currency symbol L 20px  Azerbaijani manat  Also m. and man. Unicode:  (may display incorrectly) KM  Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark  Cyrillic form: КМ MT  Mozambican meticalBanco de Moçambique . Accessed 25 Feb 2011.  Also MTn ₥  Mill, mil, &.c  An uncommon millesimal subdivision of US dollars and other currencies. (See article.) Nfk  Eritrean nakfa  Also NfaForexforums.com. "Currency symbol finder ." Accessed 24 Feb 2011. ₦  Nigerian naira  Nu.  Bhutanese ngultrum  UM  Mauritanian ouguiyaBanque Centrale de Mauritanie . Accessed 25 Feb 2011.  T$  Tongan paanga  MOP$  Macanese pataca  Also 圓 and 元 ₱  Philippine peso  Also ₱, PHP, and P Pt.  Egyptian piastre  A centesimal division of the Egyptian pound. £  British, Falkland Islands (FK£), Gibraltar, Manx (M£), St. Helena  Also ₤ and L, all pegged 1:1 to GBP ج.م.  Egyptian pound  Latin: L.E. Rarely £E or E£ LL  Lebanese pound  LS  Syrian pound  P  Botswana pula  Q  Guatemalan quetzal  q  Albanian qindarkë  A centesimal division of the lek. R  South African rand  Also sometimes Russian &c. rubles R$  Brazilian real The $ is sometimes informally written with a double bar like a double-barred dollar sign: 14px  20px|link=Iranian rial  Iranian rial  Unicode:  ر.ع.  Omani rial  ر.ق  Qatari riyal  Latin: QR ر.س  Saudi riyal  Latin: SR. Also: ریال ៛  Cambodian riel  RM  Malaysian ringgit  p  British &c. pennies The penny is now a centesimal division of the pound. frameless|15px  Pridnestrovie ruble  frameless|12px|link=Ruble sign  Russian ruble  Unicode:  Rf.  Maldivian rufiyaa  Also MRf., MVR and .ރ ₹  Indian rupee  Previously ₨ or Re (before 15 July 2010). Unicode:  ₨  Mauritian,Bank of Mauritius. Accessed 25 Feb 2011. NepaleseNepal Rastra Bank. Accessed 24 Feb 2011. (N₨/रू.), Pakistani and Sri Lankan (SLRs/රු) rupees  SRe  Seychellois rupeeCentral Bank of Seychelles. Accessed 25 Feb 2011.  Also SR Rp  Indonesian rupiah  ₪  Israeli new shekel  Tsh  Tanzanian shilling  Also TSh Ksh  Kenyan shilling  Also KSh Sh.So.  Somali shillingCentral Bank of Somalia. Accessed 24 Feb 2011.  USh  Ugandan shilling  S/  Peruvian sol  SDR  Special drawing rights  сом  Kyrgyzstani som  ৳  Bangladeshi Taka  Also Tk WS$  Samoan tālā  Symbol based on previous name "West Samoan tala". Also T and ST. See also $ 10px  Kazakhstani tenge   (may display incorrectly) ₮  Mongolian tögrög  VT  Vanuatu vatuThe Reserve Bank of Vanuatu. "Current Banknotes and Coins in Circulation ." Accessed 25 Feb 2011.  ₩  North Korean wonSouth Korean won ¥  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 zł  Polish złoty 

List of currency symbols no longer in use
 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) ₯ 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) M 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) 14px 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 𐆖 Denarius used in Ancient Rome from 211 BC to the 3rd century AD £2 10s 3d, £2 10/3, £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 hyphen or ASCII hyphen-minus was often used to indicate the absence of an amount e.g. 3/- or -/6I/.Peruvian inti (1985-1991)

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