Symbols of the four most widely held reserve currencies (dollar, euro, yen, pound)

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 2Dollar sign with two vertical lines50.

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 2Dollar sign with two vertical lines50.[1]

Design

Formal dimensions of the euro sign
The euro sign as implemented in a selection of typefaces

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

Currency symbols
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, New Zealand, South African dollar; the West African CFA centime, and divisions of the euro.
See also: ¢
Ch chhertum Bhutanese chhertum Fraction
A centesimal division of the ngultrum
₡ 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
May appear with either one or two bars (); in Unicode considered as same glyph (variants).
See also: R$, T$, and WS$
 U+0024 $ DOLLAR SIGN
peso
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
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
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
₲ guarani Paraguayan guaraní Also Gs when ₲ is unavailable U+20B2 ₲ GUARANI SIGN
h heller Czech heller Fraction
A centesimal division of the koruna
₴
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
kn kuna Croatian kuna Historically Kn, between 1941 and 1945, see: Independent State of Croatia kuna
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
lp lipa Croatian lipa Fraction
A centesimal division of the kuna
₺ 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 Azerbaijani 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)
manat Turkmenistani manat
Nfk nakfa Eritrean nakfa Also Nfa[17]
₦ naira Nigerian naira Also N when ₦ is unavailable U+20A6 ₦ NAIRA SIGN
Nu ngultrum Bhutanese ngultrum
UM ouguiya Mauritanian ouguiya[18]
T$ paanga Tongan paʻanga
paisa Indian paisa Fraction
Centesimal division of the Indian rupee. Before 2010, official sign was ps. Still used when is not available.		 Not in Unicode
ps paisa Pakistani and Nepalese paisas Fraction
A centesimal division of the rupee
p penny Penny sterling, and the pegged pennies of Alderney, the Falklands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man and Saint Helena Fraction
The centesimal subdivision of a pound sterling, known as the "New Penny" when introduced in 1971
piastre Lebanese and Syrian piastres A centesimal subdivision of the Lebanese and Syrian pounds
₱ peso Philippine peso Also ₱ and P U+20B1 ₱ PESO SIGN
PT piastre Egyptian and Sudanese piastres Fraction
A centesimal subdivision of the Egyptian and Sudanese pounds
.ج.م
LE		 pound Egyptian pound Also abbreviated £E in Latin script
.ل.ل
LL		 pound Lebanese pound Also abbreviated £L in Latin script
LS pound
Sudanese pound also abbreviated £Sd in Latin script.
Syrian pound also abbreviated £S, £Syr and SP in Latin script.
£ pound Pound sterling May be displayed with one or two bars, depending on typeface. U+00A3 £ POUND SIGN
SSP pound South Sudanese pound Also represented by £[19]
P pula Botswana pula
Q quetzal Guatemalan quetzal
q qintar Albanian qintar Fraction
A centesimal subdivision of the lek
R rand South African rand Also Russian and Belarusian currencies in Latin script
R$ real Brazilian real The $ is sometimes written with a double bar like a double-barred dollar sign:
﷼
IR
Rl ⁄ Rls		 rial Iranian rial Rl is singular and Rls is plural U+FDFC ﷼ RIAL SIGN
.ر.ي
YRl ⁄ YRls
Rl ⁄ Rls		 rial Yemeni rial Rl is singular and Rls is plural
.ر.س
SR
SRl ⁄ SRls
Rl ⁄ Rls		 riyal Saudi riyal Rl is singular and Rls is plural
.ر.ع
RO		 rial Omani rial
.ر.ق
QR		 rial Qatari riyal
៛
CR		 riel Cambodian riel U+17DB ៛ KHMER CURRENCY SYMBOL RIEL
RM ringgit Malaysian ringgit
rubla Pridnestrovie rubla not in Unicode
Rbl ⁄ Rbls
R		 rubel Belarusian rubel Rbl is the singular and Rbls is the plural. Also used for the Russian ruble
₽
Rbl ⁄ Rbls		 ruble Russian ruble U+20BD ₽ RUBLE SIGN
ރ
Rf
MRf		 rufiyaa Maldivian rufiyaa
₹ rupee Indian rupee Before 2010, official sign was Re/Rs; still used when ₹ is unavailable U+20B9 ₹ INDIAN RUPEE SIGN
Re ⁄ Rs rupee
Re is the singular form and Rs is the plural U+20A8 ₨ RUPEE SIGN
Rp rupiah Indonesian rupiah
₪
NIS		 shekel Israeli new shekel U+20AA ₪ NEW SHEQEL SIGN
TSh shilling Tanzanian shilling
KSh shilling Kenyan shilling
Sh.So. shilling Somali shilling[24]
USh shilling Ugandan shilling
S/ sol Peruvian sol

сом
som		 som Kyrgyzstani som : Kyrgyz National Bank approved the underlined С (Cyrillic Es) as currency symbol (2017)[25] U+20C0 SOM SIGN
৳
Tk		 taka Bangladeshi Taka The Unicode code character name is "Bengali Rupee sign" U+09F3 ৳ BENGALI RUPEE SIGN
WS$ tala Samoan tālā Symbol based on previous name "West Samoan tala". Also T and ST.
See also: $
₸ tenge Kazakhstani tenge Also T when ₸ is unavailable U+20B8 ₸ TENGE SIGN
tetri tetri Georgian lari Fraction
₮ togrog Mongolian tögrög Also Tog when ₮ is unavailable U+20AE ₮ TUGRIK SIGN
VT vatu Vanuatu vatu[26]
₩ won
U+20A9 ₩ WON SIGN

 & U+FFE6 ￦ FULLWIDTH WON SIGN

¥ yuan Renminbi yuan (元 / 圆) Used with one and two crossbars, depending on font
元 is also used in reference to the Macanese pataca and the Hong Kong and Taiwanese dollars		 U+00A5 ¥ YEN SIGN & U+FFE5 ￥ FULLWIDTH YEN SIGN
yen Japanese yen (円 / 圓); 円 (en, lit. "circle") is usually used in Japan
zł zloty Polish złoty Also zl when ł is unavailable
¤ generic Generic placeholder for any actual symbol, for example in formatting pattern "12¤00" U+00A4 ¤ CURRENCY SIGN


Rupee symbols by language

Rupee sign in other languages (scripts)
LanguageSign in UnicodeCurrency
Telugu U+0C30 రూ రూపాయి Indian rupee
TamilU+0BF9 ௹ TAMIL RUPEE SIGNIndian rupee / Sri Lankan rupee
GujaratiU+0AF1 ૱ GUJARATI RUPEE SIGNIndian rupee
KannadaU+0CB0 ರ KANNADA LETTER RAIndian rupee
Sinhalaරු (U+0DBB ර SINHALA LETTER RAYANNA) + (U+0DD4 ු SINHALA VOWEL SIGN KETTI PAA-PILLA)Sri Lankan rupee
North IndicU+A838 ꠸ NORTH INDIC RUPEE MARKIndian rupee
WanchoU+1E2FF 𞋿 WANCHO NGUN SIGN[27]Indian rupee

List of historical currency symbols

Some of these symbols may not display correctly.

SymbolUses
₳Argentine austral (1985–1991)
Cz$Brazilian cruzado (1986–1989)
₢$Brazilian cruzeiro (1942–1967)
Cr$Brazilian cruzeiro (1970–1986)
Brazilian cruzeiro (1990–1993)
CR$Brazilian cruzeiro real (1993–1994)
NCz$Brazilian cruzado novo (1989–1990)
NCr$Brazilian cruzeiro novo (1967–1970)
Rs$Brazilian real (1747–1942)
₰Pfennig, a subdivision of the German Mark (1875–1923) and the German Reichsmark (1923–1948)
MEast German Deutsche Mark (east) (1948–1964)
DMWest German and united German Deutsche Mark (west) (1948–2001)
₻Nordic mark symbol used by Ludvig Holberg in Denmark and Norway in the 17th and 18th centuries[28]
₯Greek drachma
₠ECU (not widely used, and now historical; replaced by the euro)
EºChilean escudo (1960–1975)
ƒDutch gulden, currently used in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba
FrFranc, used in France and other countries; in France an F with double bar (₣) was proposed in 1988 but never adopted
KčsCzechoslovak koruna (1919–1993)
LmMaltese lira
LsLatvian lats (1922–2013, not continuously)
LtLithuanian litas (1922–2014, not continuously)
MEast German Mark der DDR (1968–1990)
ℳ︁German Mark (1875–1923)
MDNEast German Mark der Deutschen Notenbank (1964–1968)
mkFinnish markka (1860–2002)
o$sArgentine peso oro sellado (1881–1970)
PFPhilippine peso fuerte (1852–1901)
₡Salvadoran colón (1892–2001)
₧Spanish peseta (1869–2002)
R or RDSwedish riksdaler (1777–1873)
ℛ︁ℳ︁Reichsmark (1923–1948)
Portuguese escudo (cifrão)
SkSlovak koruna (1993–2008)
₷Spesmilo (1907 – First World War) in the Esperanto movement
₶Livre tournois (13th century – 1795)
𐆚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
I/. Peruvian inti (1985-1991)
৲Bengali rupee mark[29][30]
৹Bengali ānā, historically used to represent 1/16 of a taka or rupee[30]
৻Bengali gaṇḍā, historically used to represent 1/20 of an ānā (1/320 of a taka or rupee)[30]
߾Dorome sign using the N'Ko alphabet[31]
߿Taman sign using the N'Ko alphabet[31]
𞲰Indic Siyaq rupee mark[32]

See also

References

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  31. 1 2 Everson, Michael (2015-12-19). "L2/15-338: Proposal to encode four N'Ko characters in the BMP of the UCS" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
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