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$00).[1] The usage of many European countries, such as France, Germany, Scandinavian countries, is to place the symbol after the amount 20,50 €.
List of presently used currency symbols
[change | change source]| Symbol | Uses | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ¤¤ | ZzzGeneral currency sign | This is used when the correct symbol for the currency is not available |
| Afg؋ | AfghaniAfghan afghani | |
| ArAr | AriaryMalagasy ariary[2] | |
| B฿ | BahtThai baht | |
| BZB/. | BalboaPanamanian balboa | |
| BrBr | BirrEthiopian birr Belarusian ruble | |
| BsBs. | BolivianoVenezuelan bolívar Bolivian boliviano | Bolívar sometimes Bs.F. |
| BsFBs.F. | BolivarVenezuelan bolívar variant | Usually Bs. |
| C1GH₵ | CediGhana cedi | |
| c1¢ | cent1cent, centavo, &c. | A centesimal subdivision of currencies such as the US dollar, the Canadian dollar, and the Mexican peso. (See article.) See also c |
| c2c | cent2cent &c. variant | Preferred by currencies such as the Australian, New Zealand, South African cents; the West African CFA centime; and the divisions of the euro. See also ¢ |
| chCh. | chhertumBhutanese chhertum | A centesimal division of the ngultrum. |
| C2₡ | ColonCosta Rican colón, symbol was also used for the Salvadoran colón. | The Salvadoran colón was discontinued in 2001 and it was replaced by the US dollar. |
| C3C$ | CórdobaNicaraguan córdoba | |
| D1D | DalasiGambian dalasi | |
| Denден | DenarMacedonian denar | Latin form: DEN |
| DAدج | DinarAAlgerian dinar | Latin form: DA |
| DB.د.ب | DinarBBahraini dinar | Latin form: BD |
| IDد.ع | DinarIIraqi dinar | |
| JDJD | DinarJJordanian dinar | |
| DKد.ك | DinarKKuwaiti dinar | Latin form: K.D. |
| LDل.د | DinarLLibyan dinar | Latin form: LD |
| Dinдин | DinarSSerbian dinar | Latin form: din. |
| DTد.ت | DinarTTunisian dinar | Latin form: DT |
| DMد.م. | DirhamMMoroccan dirham | Latin forms: DH or Dhs |
| DHد.إ | DirhamUUnited Arab Emirates dirham | Latin forms: DH or Dhs |
| DbDb | DobraSão Tomé and Príncipe dobra | |
| S1$ | DollarAustralian (A$), Bahamian (B$), Barbadian (Bds$), Belizean (BZ$), Bermudian (BD$), Brunei (B$), Canadian (Can$), Cayman Islands (CI$), East Caribbean (EC$), Fiji (FJ$), Guyanese (G$),[3] Hong Kong (HK$/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$) dollars Argentine, Chilean (CLP$), Colombian (COL$), Cuban ($MN), Cuban convertible (CUC$), Dominican (RD$), Mexican (Mex$), and Uruguayan ($U) pesos | May appear with either one or two bars (👁 Image ), 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₫ | DongVietnamese đồng | |
| D3👁 Image | DramArmenian dram | |
| EscEsc | EscudoCape Verdean escudo | Also the double-barred dollar sign (cifrão): 👁 Image |
| E€ | EuroEuro | 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 | FlorinAruban florin (Afl.)[4] Netherlands Antillean guilder (NAƒ) | |
| FtFt | ForintHungarian forint | |
| FBuFBu | Franc BBurundian franc | |
| FCFAFCFA | Franc CaCentral African CFA franc | Pegged 1:1 with West African CFA franc |
| CFACFA | Franc WaWest African CFA franc | Pegged 1:1 with Central African CFA franc |
| FrFr | Franc CoComorian (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. |
| FRwFRw | Franc RRwandan franc[5] | Possibly also RF[6] and RFr[7] |
| GG | GourdeHaitian gourde | |
| grgr | groszPolish grosz | A centesimal division of the złoty |
| G/₲ | GuaraniParaguayan guaraní | Or 👁 Image |
| hh | halerCzech haléř | A centesimal division of the koruna |
| He₴ | HryvniaUkrainian hryvnia | |
| K-₭ | KipLao kip | Or ₭N |
| KcKč | KorunaCzech koruna | |
| Krkr | KroneDanish (Dkr) and Norwegian krones Swedish krona Faroese and Icelandic (Íkr) króna | Faroese króna pegged 1:1 with Danish krone. |
| Knkn | KunaCroatian kuna | |
| MKMK | Kwacha MMalawian kwacha | |
| ZKZK | Kwacha ZZambian kwacha | |
| KzKz | KwanzaAngolan kwanza | |
| KK | KyatMyanma kyat Papua New Guinean kina | |
| Las👁 ლ | LariGeorgian lari | |
| LL | LekAlbanian 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 £ |
| LeLe | LeoneSierra Leonean leone | |
| Lvлв | LevBulgarian lev | |
| EE | LilangeniSwazi lilangeni | Symbol based on the plural form "emalangeni". The one-lilageni note employs the currency symbol L |
| lplp | LipaCroatian lipa | A centesimal division of the kuna. |
| TL👁 Image | LiraTurkish lira | |
| M1M | LotiLesotho loti | Symbol based on plural form "maloti". The one-loti note employs the currency symbol L |
| M2👁 Image | ManatAzerbaijani manat | Also m. and man. Unicode: U+20BC₼MANAT SIGN (may display incorrectly) |
| KMKM | MarkBosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark | Cyrillic form: КМ |
| MTMT | MeticalMozambican metical[8] | Also MTn |
| m/₥ | millMill, mil, &.c | An uncommon millesimal subdivision of US dollars and other currencies. (See article.) |
| NfkNfk | NakfaEritrean nakfa | Also Nfa[9] |
| N₦ | NairaNigerian naira | |
| NuNu. | NgultrumBhutanese ngultrum | |
| UMUM | OuguiyaMauritanian ouguiya[10] | |
| PaT$ | PaangaTongan paʻanga | |
| MOPSMOP$ | PatacaMacanese pataca | Also 圓 and 元 |
| P2₱ | PesoPhilippine peso | Also ₱, PHP, and P |
| ptPt. | piastreEgyptian 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 |
| GMج.م. | Pound EEgyptian pound | Latin: L.E. Rarely £E or E£ |
| LLLL | Pound LLebanese pound | |
| LSLS | Pound SSyrian pound | |
| P1P | PulaBotswana pula | |
| QuetzalGuatemalan quetzal | ||
| qindarkeAlbanian qindarkë | A centesimal division of the lek. | |
| R1R | RandSouth African rand | Also sometimes Russian &c. rubles |
| RSR$ | RealBrazilian real | The $ is sometimes informally written with a double bar like a double-barred dollar sign: 👁 Image |
| Rial 👁 Image | Rial IIranian rial | Unicode: U+FDFC﷼RIAL SIGN |
| ROر.ع. | Rial OOmani rial | |
| RKر.ق | Rial QQatari riyal | Latin: QR |
| RSر.س | Riyal SSaudi riyal | Latin: SR. Also: ریال |
| Riel៛ | RielCambodian riel | |
| RMRM | RinggitMalaysian ringgit | |
| R2p | British &c. pennies | The penny is now a centesimal division of the pound. |
| 👁 Image | Ruble TPridnestrovie ruble | |
| R3👁 Image | Ruble RRussian ruble | Unicode: U+20BD₽RUBLE SIGN |
| RfRf. | RufiyaaMaldivian rufiyaa | Also MRf., MVR and .ރ |
| ₹ | Rupee IIndian rupee | Previously ₨ or Re (before 15 July 2010). Unicode: U+20B9₹INDIAN RUPEE SIGN |
| Rs₨ | Rupee PMauritian,[11] Nepalese[12] (N₨/रू.), Pakistani and Sri Lankan (SLRs/රු) rupees | |
| SReSRe | Rupee SSeychellois rupee[13] | Also SR |
| RpRp | RupiahIndonesian rupiah | |
| Sh₪ | ShekelIsraeli new shekel | |
| TshTsh | Shilling TTanzanian shilling | Also TSh |
| KshKsh | Shilling KKenyan shilling | Also KSh |
| ShsoSh.So. | Shilling SSomali shilling[14] | |
| UshUSh | Shilling UUgandan shilling | |
| SS/ | SolPeruvian sol | |
| SDRSDR | SpecialSpecial drawing rights | |
| somсом | somKyrgyzstani som | |
| Tk৳ | TakaBangladeshi Taka | Also Tk |
| WSSWS$ | TalaSamoan tālā | Symbol based on previous name "West Samoan tala". Also T and ST. See also $ |
| T👁 Image | TengeKazakhstani tenge | U+20B8₸TENGE SIGN (may display incorrectly) |
| T//₮ | TogrogMongolian tögrög | |
| VtVT | VatuVanuatu vatu[15] | |
| W₩ | WonNorth Korean won South Korean won | |
| Y¥ | YuanJapanese 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 |
| Zlzł | ZlotyPolish złoty |
List of currency symbols no longer in use
[change | change source]| 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) |
| 👁 Image | 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 10'3 | 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) |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ (in Portuguese) Banco de Cabo Verde. "Moedas Archived January 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine." Accessed 25 Feb 2011.
- ↑ Banky Foiben'i Madagasikara Archived 2018-10-29 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 24 Feb 2011.
- ↑ Bank of Guyana. Accessed 25 Feb 2011.
- ↑ Centrale Bank van Aruba. About Us– A Brief History of the Bank." Accessed 23 Feb 2011.
- ↑ National Bank of Rwanda. "Legal tender Archived 2011-04-03 at the Wayback Machine." Accessed 25 Feb 2011.
- ↑ University of British Columbia: Saunders School of Business. "Currencies of the World Archived 2011-11-29 at the Wayback Machine." Accessed 25 Feb 2011.
- ↑ Lonely Planet. "Rwanda." Accessed 25 Feb 2011.
- ↑ Banco de Moçambique Archived 2010-06-29 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 25 Feb 2011.
- ↑ Forexforums.com. "Currency symbol finder Archived 2011-02-21 at the Wayback Machine." Accessed 24 Feb 2011.
- ↑ Banque Centrale de Mauritanie Archived 2010-12-19 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 25 Feb 2011.
- ↑ Bank of Mauritius. Accessed 25 Feb 2011.
- ↑ Nepal Rastra Bank. Accessed 24 Feb 2011.
- ↑ Central Bank of Seychelles. Accessed 25 Feb 2011.
- ↑ Central Bank of Somalia. Accessed 24 Feb 2011.
- ↑ The Reserve Bank of Vanuatu. "Current Banknotes and Coins in Circulation Archived 2018-08-02 at the Wayback Machine." Accessed 25 Feb 2011.