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A currency symbol or currency sign is a graphic symbol used to denote a currency unit. Usually it is defined by a monetary authority, such as the national central bank for the currency concerned.
A symbol may be positioned in various ways, according to national convention: before, between or after the numeric amounts: €2.50, 2,50€ and 2
50.
Symbols are neither defined nor listed by international standard ISO 4217, which only assigns three-letter codes.
Usage
When writing currency amounts, the location of the symbol varies by language. For currencies in English-speaking countries and in most of Latin America, the symbol is placed before the amount, as in $20.50. In most other countries, including many in Europe, the symbol is placed after the amount, as in 20,50€. Exceptionally, the symbol for the Cape Verdean escudo (like the Portuguese escudo, to which it was formerly pegged) is placed in the decimal separator position, as in 250.[1]
Design
Older currency symbols have evolved slowly, often from previous currencies. The modern dollar and peso symbols originated from the mark employed to denote the Spanish dollar,[2] whereas the pound and lira symbols evolved from the letter L (written until the seventeenth century in blackletter type as ) standing for libra, a Roman pound of silver.[3]
Newly invented currencies and currencies adopting new symbols have symbolism meaningful to their adopter. For example, the euro sign € is based on ϵ, an archaic form of the Greek epsilon, to represent Europe;[4] the Indian rupee sign ₹ is a blend of the Latin letter 'R' with the Devanagari letter र (ra);[5] and the Russian Ruble sign ₽ is based on Р (the Cyrillic capital letter 'er').[6]
There are other considerations, such as how the symbol is rendered on computers and typesetting. For a new symbol to be used, its glyphs needs to be added to computer fonts and keyboard mappings already in widespread use, and keyboard layouts need to be altered or shortcuts added to type the new symbol. For example, the European Commission was criticized for not considering how the euro sign would need to be customized to work in different fonts.[7] 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
| Symbol | Name | Currency | Notes | Unicode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ؋ Af ⁄ Afs |
afghani | Afghan afghani | Af is the singular and Afs is the plural | U+060B ؋ AFGHANI SIGN |
| Ar | ariary | Malagasy ariary[8] | ||
| ฿ | baht | Thai baht | Also B when ฿ is unavailable | U+0E3F ฿ THAI CURRENCY SYMBOL BAHT |
| B/ | balboa | Panamanian balboa | ||
| Br | birr | Ethiopian birr | ||
| ₿ | bitcoin | Bitcoin | Cryptocurrency | U+20BF ₿ BITCOIN SIGN |
| Bs | bolívar | Venezuelan bolívar | ||
| boliviano | Bolivian boliviano | |||
| ₵ | cedi | Ghanaian cedi | U+20B5 ₵ CEDI SIGN | |
| ¢ | cent, centavo, etc. | Fraction A centesimal subdivision of the US dollar, the Canadian dollar and the Mexican peso |
U+00A2 ¢ CENT SIGN | |
| c | cent etc. variant | Fraction In currencies Australian and New Zealand dollar; the South African rand; the West African CFA centime, and divisions of the euro. |
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| Ch | chhertum | Bhutanese chhertum | Fraction A centesimal division of the ngultrum |
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| ₡ | colon | Costa Rican colón | Also C when ₡ is unavailable | U+20A1 ₡ COLON SIGN |
| C$ | córdoba | Nicaraguan córdoba[9] | Also used informally for Canadian dollar; see Can$.[10] | |
| D | dalasi | Gambian dalasi | ||
| ден DEN |
denar | Macedonian denar | ||
| дин DIN |
dinar | Serbian dinar | ||
| .د.ج DA |
dinar | Algerian dinar | ||
| .د.ب BD |
dinar | Bahraini dinar | ||
| .د.ع ID |
dinar | Iraqi dinar | ||
| .د.أ JD |
dinar | Jordanian dinar | ||
| .د.ك KD |
dinar | Kuwaiti dinar | ||
| .د.ل LD |
dinar | Libyan dinar | ||
| .د.ت DT |
dinar | Tunisian dinar | ||
| .د.م DH Dh ⁄ Dhs |
dirham | Moroccan dirham | Dh is the singular and Dhs is the plural | |
| .د.إ DH Dh ⁄ Dhs |
dirham | Emirati dirham | Dh is the singular and Dhs is the plural | |
| Db | dobra | São Tomé and Príncipe dobra | ||
| $ | dollar |
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May appear with either one or two bars ( ); in Unicode considered as same glyph (variants).
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U+0024 $ DOLLAR SIGN |
| peso |
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| pataca | $: Macanese pataca | |||
| ₫ đ Đ |
dong | Vietnamese đồng | U+20AB ₫ DONG SIGN | |
| ֏ | dram | Armenian dram | U+058F ֏ ARMENIAN DRAM SIGN | |
| Esc |
escudo | Cape Verdean escudo | Specifically the double-barred dollar sign (cifrão) | As double barred: not defined in Unicode |
| Ξ | ether | ether | Cryptocurrency | U+039E Ξ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER XI |
| € | euro | Euro | This eurosign is used in all scripts used in the Eurozone countries (Latin, Cyrillic, Greek) | U+20AC € EURO SIGN |
| فلس | fils | fils | Fraction 1⁄1000 or 1⁄100 of various Arabic country currencies; see also falus |
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| ƒ | florin | Also fl when ƒ is unavailable | U+0192 ƒ LATIN SMALL LETTER F WITH HOOK | |
| Ft | forint | Hungarian forint | ||
| FBu | franc | Burundian franc | ||
| F Fr fr |
franc |
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The symbol ₣, an F with a double bar, was proposed but never officially adopted as the symbol of the French franc[14][15] In some fonts, this code point is represented by Fr combined in a typographic ligature). | U+20A3 ₣ FRENCH FRANC SIGN |
| G | gourde | Haitian gourde | ||
| gr | grosz | Polish grosz | Fraction A centesimal division of the złoty |
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| ₲ | guarani | Paraguayan guaraní | Also Gs when ₲ is unavailable | U+20B2 ₲ GUARANI SIGN |
| h | heller | Czech heller | Fraction A centesimal division of the koruna |
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| ₴ грн hrn |
hryvnia | Ukrainian hryvnia | U+20B4 ₴ HRYVNIA SIGN | |
| ₭ | kip | Lao kip | Also K or KN when ₭ is unavailable | U+20AD ₭ KIP SIGN |
| Kč | koruna | Czech crown | ||
| kr | krone, krona |
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| Kz | kwanza | Angolan kwanza | ||
| K | kina, kwacha | |||
| K ⁄ Ks | kyat | Myanmar kyat | K is the singular form and Ks is the plural | |
| ₾ | lari | Georgian lari | U+20BE ₾ LARI SIGN | |
| Lek | lek | Albanian lek | Also occasionally L | |
| L | lempira | Honduran lempira | Also used as the currency symbol for the Lesotho and Swazi currencies as the singular form. Also used as a pound sign (see: Lebanese, Sudanese and Syrian pounds and Turkish lira) | |
| leu lei |
leu | Leu is the singular and Lei is the plural. Also sometimes L | ||
| Le | leone | Sierra Leonean leone | ||
| лев lev |
lev | Bulgarian lev | ||
| L ⁄ E | lilangeni | Swazi lilangeni | L is the singular and E is the plural | |
| ₺ | lira | Turkish lira | Previously official sign was TL, still used when ₺ is unavailable | U+20BA ₺ TURKISH LIRA SIGN |
| L ⁄ M | loti | Lesotho loti | L is the singular and M is the plural | |
| ₼ | manat | Also m or man. when ₼ is unavailable | U+20BC ₼ MANAT SIGN | |
| KM | mark | Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark | ||
| Mt | metical | Mozambican metical[16] | Also MTn | |
| m | mil | Mil, mill, etc. | Fraction A millesimal subdivision of several currencies. As a subdivision of the US dollar the symbol ₥ is used (U+20A5 ₥ MILL SIGN) |
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| Nfk | nakfa | Eritrean nakfa | Also Nfa[17] | |
| ₦ | naira | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Currency_symbol|||