Currency sign

A currency sign is a graphic symbol often used as a shorthand for a currency's name. Internationally, ISO 4217 codes are used instead of currency signs, though currency signs may be in common use in their respective countries. Most currencies in the world have no specific symbol.

When writing currency amounts the location of the sign varies by currency. Many currencies, especially in Latin America and the English-speaking world, place it before the amount (e.g., £50.00); many others place it after the amount (e.g., 50.00 S₣); and, before they were abolished, the sign for the Portuguese Escudo and the French Franc were placed in the decimal position (i.e., 50$00 or 12₣34). The standardized European default placement, used in absence of a national standard, is that (€) is placed before the amount. However, many Eurozone countries have sustained or generated alternative conventions.

The decimal separator can also take local countries' standards. For instance, the United Kingdom often uses a middle dot as the decimal point on price stickers (eg., '£5·52'), although not in print. A comma (eg. '5,00 €') is a common separator used in other countries. See decimal separator for information on international standards.

Examples

 * ¤ Generic currency sign (used when the correct sign is not available)
 * ฿ Thai baht sign
 * Bs Venezuelan bolívar and Bolivian boliviano
 * Br Belarusian Rouble sign
 * ₵ Ghanaian cedi sign
 * ¢ Cent sign (a subdivision of dollars and some other currencies)
 * ₡ Colón sign (used in Costa Rica and in El Salvador)
 * ₫ Vietnamese đồng sign
 * € Euro sign (used in participating European Union member countries (Eurozone), a few small non-EU European microstates, Montenegro, and the regions of Kosovo)
 * ƒ Aruban Florin sign. Formerly used for the Dutch guilder – see also florin.
 * Ft Hungarian forint sign
 * Rs. Indian Rupees sign
 * ₲ Paraguayan guaraní sign
 * ₭ Lao kip sign
 * kr short for Danish krone, Norwegian krone, Swedish krona and Icelandic króna
 * £ Pound sign (also used for the lira)
 * ₤ Lira (may be confused with or used for the pound)
 * Lm Malta Lira sign
 * ₥ Mill sign (a thousandth / one-tenth of a cent)
 * ₦ Nigerian naira sign
 * ₱ Philippine peso sign
 * P Botswana pula sign
 * Q Guatemalan Quetzal sign
 * R South African rand sign
 * Sk Slovak koruna
 * Rp rupiah sign in Indonesia
 * ৲ rupee mark (Bengal)
 * ৳ rupee sign (Bengal)
 * R$ Brazilian real sign
 * S/. Peruvian sol sign
 * $ Dollar sign (also used for many other currencies in the Americas, Australia and New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, and elsewhere, such as the different pesos, and formerly for the Portuguese escudo as the cifrão; sometimes written with two vertical strokes)
 * [[Image:Tenge symbol.svg|10px]] Kazakhstani tenge sign
 * ₮ Mongolian tögrög sign
 * ₩ Korean won sign (used in both South and North Korea.)
 * ¥ Chinese Renminbi yuan/Japanese yen sign
 * zł Polish Złoty sign
 * ₴ Ukrainian hryvnia sign
 * ₪ Israeli new sheqel sign
 * ៛ Cambodian riel sign
 * ﷼ Iranian Rial sign
 * руб Russian ruble
 * Kč Czech koruna sign
 * S₣ Swiss Franc sign