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).[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

Symbol Uses Notes
¤ General currency sign This is used when the correct symbol for the currency is not available
؋ Afghan afghani
Ar Malagasy ariary[2]
฿ Thai baht
B/. Panamanian balboa
Br Ethiopian birr

Belarusian ruble
Bs. Venezuelan bolívar

Bolivian 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$),[3] Hong Kong (HK$/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 (), 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
Armenian dram
Esc Cape Verdean escudo Also the double-barred dollar sign (cifrão):
€ 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.)[4]

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 franc[5] Possibly also RF[6] and RFr[7]
G Haitian gourde
gr Polish grosz A centesimal division of the złoty
₲ Paraguayan guaraní Or
h Czech haléř A centesimal division of the koruna
₴ Ukrainian hryvnia
₭ Lao kip Or ₭N
Kč Czech koruna
kr Danish (Dkr) and Norwegian krones

Swedish krona

Faroese 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 kyat

Papua New Guinean kina
ლ Georgian lari
L 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 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.
Turkish lira
M Lesotho loti Symbol based on plural form "maloti".

The one-loti note employs the currency symbol L
Azerbaijani manat Also m. and man. Unicode: U+20BC ₼ MANAT SIGN (may display incorrectly)
KM Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark Cyrillic form: КМ
MT Mozambican metical[8] Also MTn
₥ Mill, mil, &.c An uncommon millesimal subdivision of US dollars and other currencies. (See article.)
Nfk Eritrean nakfa Also Nfa[9]
₦ Nigerian naira
Nu. Bhutanese ngultrum
UM Mauritanian ouguiya[10]
T$ Tongan paʻanga
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:
Iranian rial Unicode: U+FDFC ﷼ RIAL SIGN
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.
Pridnestrovie ruble
Russian ruble Unicode: U+20BD ₽ RUBLE SIGN
Rf. Maldivian rufiyaa Also MRf., MVR and .ރ
₹ Indian rupee Previously ₨ or Re (before 15 July 2010). Unicode: U+20B9 ₹ INDIAN RUPEE SIGN
₨ Mauritian,[11] Nepalese[12] (N₨/रू.), Pakistani and Sri Lankan (SLRs/රු) rupees
SRe Seychellois rupee[13] Also SR
Rp Indonesian rupiah
₪ Israeli new shekel
Tsh Tanzanian shilling Also TSh
Ksh Kenyan shilling Also KSh
Sh.So. Somali shilling[14]
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 $
Kazakhstani tenge U+20B8 ₸ TENGE SIGN (may display incorrectly)
₮ Mongolian tögrög
VT Vanuatu vatu[15]
₩ North Korean won

South 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)
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

  1. ↑ (in Portuguese) Banco de Cabo Verde. "Moedas Archived January 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine." Accessed 25 Feb 2011.
  2. ↑ Banky Foiben'i Madagasikara Archived 2018-10-29 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 24 Feb 2011.
  3. ↑ Bank of Guyana. Accessed 25 Feb 2011.
  4. ↑ Centrale Bank van Aruba. About Us – A Brief History of the Bank." Accessed 23 Feb 2011.
  5. ↑ National Bank of Rwanda. "Legal tender Archived 2011-04-03 at the Wayback Machine." Accessed 25 Feb 2011.
  6. ↑ University of British Columbia: Saunders School of Business. "Currencies of the World Archived 2011-11-29 at the Wayback Machine." Accessed 25 Feb 2011.
  7. ↑ Lonely Planet. "Rwanda." Accessed 25 Feb 2011.
  8. ↑ Banco de Moçambique Archived 2010-06-29 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 25 Feb 2011.
  9. ↑ Forexforums.com. "Currency symbol finder Archived 2011-02-21 at the Wayback Machine." Accessed 24 Feb 2011.
  10. ↑ Banque Centrale de Mauritanie Archived 2010-12-19 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 25 Feb 2011.
  11. ↑ Bank of Mauritius. Accessed 25 Feb 2011.
  12. ↑ Nepal Rastra Bank. Accessed 24 Feb 2011.
  13. ↑ Central Bank of Seychelles. Accessed 25 Feb 2011.
  14. ↑ Central Bank of Somalia. Accessed 24 Feb 2011.
  15. ↑ The Reserve Bank of Vanuatu. "Current Banknotes and Coins in Circulation Archived 2018-08-02 at the Wayback Machine." Accessed 25 Feb 2011.