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Acurrency symbol orcurrency sign is a graphic symbol used to denote acurrency unit.[1] Usually it is defined by a monetary authority, such as the nationalcentral bank for the currency concerned.
A symbol may be positioned in various ways, according to national convention: before, after or between the numeric amounts:$2.50,2,50€ and2.svg)
50.
Symbols are neither defined nor listed by international standardISO 4217, which only assigns three-letter codes.
Thegeneric currency sign, used as a placeholder, is¤.
When writing currency amounts, the location of the symbol varies by language. For currencies in English-speaking countries and in most ofLatin America,[a] the symbol is placed before the amount, as in$20.50. In most other countries, including many in Europe andFrancophone Canada, the symbol is placed after the amount, as in20,50 €. Exceptionally, the symbol for theCape Verdean escudo (like the now-lapsedPortuguese escudo, to which it was formerlypegged) is placed in thedecimal separator position, as in250.[2]
Older currency symbols have evolved slowly, often from previous currencies. The moderndollar and peso symbols originated from the mark employed to denote theSpanish dollar,[3] whereas thepound and lira symbolsevolved from the letterL (written until the seventeenth century inblackletter type as) standing forlibra, aRoman pound of silver.[4]
Newly invented currencies and currencies adopting new symbols have symbolism meaningful to their adopter. For example, the euro sign€ is based onϵ, an archaic form of the Greekepsilon, to represent Europe;[5] theIndian rupee sign₹ is a blend of theLatin letter 'R' with theDevanagari letterर (ra);[6] and the RussianRuble sign₽ is based onР (theCyrillic capital letter'er').[7]
There are other considerations, such as how the symbol is rendered on computers and typesetting. For a new symbol to be used, itsglyphs needs to be added tocomputer fonts andkeyboard mappings already in widespread use, andkeyboard layouts need to be altered or shortcuts added to type the new symbol. For example, theEuropean Commission was criticized for not considering how theeuro sign would need to be customized to work in different fonts.[8] The original design was also exceptionally wide. These two factors have led to mosttype foundries designing customized versions that match the 'look and feel' of the font to which it is to be added, often with reduced width.
Currency symbols | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol, Abbreviation | Name | Currency | Notes | Unicode |
؋
| afghani | Afghan afghani | Af is the singular and Afs is the plural | U+060B ؋AFGHANI SIGN |
| — Ar | ariary | Malagasy ariary[9] | ||
| ฿ | baht | Thai baht | Also B when ฿ is unavailable | U+0E3F ฿THAI CURRENCY SYMBOL BAHT |
| — B/. | balboa | Panamanian balboa | ||
| — Br | birr | Ethiopian birr | ||
| — Bs | bolívar | Venezuelan bolívar | ||
| boliviano | Bolivian boliviano | |||
| ₵ | cedi | Ghanaian cedi | U+20B5 ₵CEDI SIGN | |
| ¢ | cent,centavo, etc. | Fraction A centesimal subdivision of theUS dollar, theCanadian dollar and theMexican peso | U+00A2 ¢CENT SIGN | |
| c | cent etc. variant | Fraction In currenciesAustralian andNew Zealand dollar; theSouth African rand; theWest African CFA centime, and divisions of theeuro. 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[10] | Also used informally for Canadian dollar; see Can$.[11] | |
| — 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
| dirham | Moroccan dirham | Dh is the singular and Dhs is the plural | |
 | dirham | Emirati dirham | Not in Unicode | |
| — Db | dobra | São Tomé and Príncipe dobra | ||
| $ | dollar |
| May appear with either one or two bars( ); in Unicode considered as same glyph (variants). | U+0024 $DOLLAR SIGN |
| peso[12] |
| |||
| pataca | $:Macanese pataca | |||
₫
| 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 |
| € | euro | Euro | This eurosign is used in all scripts used in theEurozone countries (Latin, Cyrillic, Greek) | U+20AC €EURO SIGN |
| فلس فلوس | fils | fils | Fraction 1⁄1000 or1⁄100 of various Arabic country currencies; see alsofalus.فلس is singular whileفلوس is plural | |
| ƒ | florin | Also fl when ƒ is unavailable | U+0192 ƒLATIN SMALL LETTER F WITH HOOK | |
| — Ft | forint | Hungarian forint | ||
| — FBu | franc | Burundian franc | ||
| — F | franc | |||
| — 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 |
|
| ||
| — Kz | kwanza | Angolan kwanza | ||
| — K | kina, kwacha | |||
—
| 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 andSyrian pounds andTurkish lira) | |
—
| leu | Leu is the singular and Lei is the plural. Also sometimesL | ||
| — Le | leone | Sierra Leonean leone | ||
| — лев lev | lev | Bulgarian lev | ||
—
| 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 |
—
| 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 Amillesimal subdivision of several currencies. As a subdivision of theUS dollar the symbol ₥ is used | U+20A5 ₥MILL SIGN |
| — 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 andNepalesepaisas | Fraction A centesimal division of therupee | |
| — p | penny | Pennysterling, and the pegged pennies ofAlderney,the Falklands,Gibraltar,Guernsey,Jersey,Isle of Man andSaint Helena | Fraction The centesimal subdivision of a pound sterling, known as the "New Penny" when introduced in 1971 | |
| piastre | Lebanese andSyrian piastres | A centesimal subdivision of the Lebanese and Syrian pounds | ||
| ₱ | peso | Philippine peso | Also with three bars or none | U+20B1 ₱PESO SIGN |
| — PT | piastre | Egyptian andSudanese 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 withone 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 | ||
| — R$ | real | Brazilian real | The $ is sometimes written with a double bar like adouble-barred dollar sign: | |
﷼
| rial | Iranian rial | Rl is singular and Rls is plural | U+FDFC ﷼RIAL SIGN |
| — .ر.ي
| rial | Yemeni rial | Rl is singular and Rls is plural | |
 | riyal | Saudi riyal | U+20C1 SAUDI RIYAL SIGN | |
| — .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 | ||
 | ruble | Transnistrian ruble | not in Unicode | |
| — руб Br | rubel | Belarusian rubel | ||
| ₽ руб | ruble | Russian ruble | U+20BD ₽RUBLE SIGN | |
| — ރ
| rufiyaa | Maldivian rufiyaa | ||
| ₹ | rupee | Indian rupee | Before 2010, official sign was Re/Rs; still used when ₹ is unavailable | U+20B9 ₹INDIAN RUPEE SIGN |
₨
| rupee |
| Re is the singular form and Rs is the plural |
|
| — 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 | ||
—
som | som | Kyrgyzstani som |  :Kyrgyz National Bank approved the underlinedС (Cyrillic Es) as currency symbol (2017)[25] | U+20C0 ⃀SOM SIGN |
| — SM | somoni | Tajikistani somoni | ||
| — сўм sum | sum | Uzbekistani sum | ||
| ৳ Tk | taka | Bangladeshi taka | The Unicode code character name is "BengaliRupee 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 |
| ₮ | 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 | ChineseRenminbi yuan (
| Used with one and two crossbars, depending on font 元 is also used in reference to theMacanese pataca and theHong Kong andTaiwanese dollars | U+00A5 ¥YEN SIGN &U+FFE5 ￥FULLWIDTH YEN SIGN |
| yen | Japanese yen (
| 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 | |
| Language | Sign in Unicode | Currency |
|---|---|---|
| Tamil | U+0BF9 ௹TAMIL RUPEE SIGN | Indian rupee /Sri Lankan rupee |
| Gujarati | U+0AF1 ૱GUJARATI RUPEE SIGN | Indian rupee |
| Sinhala | රු (U+0DBB රSINHALA LETTER RAYANNA) + (U+0DD4 ුSINHALA VOWEL SIGN KETTI PAA-PILLA) | Sri Lankan rupee |
| Urdu language | U+1EC71 𞱱INDIC SIYAQ NUMBER ONE | Pakistani rupee[citation needed] |
| North Indic | U+A838 ꠸NORTH INDIC RUPEE MARK | Indian rupee |
| Wancho | U+1E2FF 𞋿WANCHO NGUN SIGN[27] | Indian rupee |
Some of these symbols may not display correctly.
| Symbol | Uses |
|---|---|
| ₳ | 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 GermanMark (1875–1923) and the GermanReichsmark (1923–1948) |
| M | East GermanDeutsche Mark (east) (1948–1964) |
| DM | West German and united GermanDeutsche Mark (west) (1948–2001) |
| ₻ | Nordic mark symbol used byLudvig Holberg in Denmark and Norway in the 17th and 18th centuries[28] |
| ₯ | Greek drachma |
| ₠ | ECU (1979–1998, not widely used and now historical; replaced by theeuro) |
| Eº | Chilean escudo (1960–1975) |
| ƒ | Dutch gulden, currently used in Aruba |
| Fr | Franc, used inFrance and other countries; in France an F with double bar (₣) was proposed in 1988 but never adopted |
| Kčs | Czechoslovak koruna (1919–1993) |
| kn | Croatian kuna (1994–2023) |
| ₤ | Italian lira (1861–2002) |
| Lm | Maltese lira |
| lp | Lipa, a subdivision of theCroatian kuna (1994–2023) |
| Ls | Latvian lats (1922–2013, not continuously) |
| Lt | Lithuanian litas (1922–2014, not continuously) |
| M | East GermanMark der DDR (1968–1990) |
| ℳ︁ | GermanMark (1875–1923) |
| MDN | East GermanMark der Deutschen Notenbank (1964–1968) |
| mk | Finnish markka (1860–2002) |
| o$s | Argentine peso oro sellado (1881–1970) |
| PF | Philippine peso fuerte (1852–1901) |
| ₡ | Salvadoran colón (1892–2001) |
| ₧ | Spanish peseta (1869–2002) |
| R or RD | Swedish riksdaler (1777–1873) |
| ℛ︁ℳ︁ | Reichsmark (1923–1948) |
| Portuguese escudo (cifrão) |
| Sk | Slovak koruna (1993–2008) |
| ₷ | Spesmilo (1907 – First World War) in the Esperanto movement |
| ₶ | Livre tournois (13th century – 1795) |
| 𐆚 | As coin used during theRoman Empire andRoman Republic |
| 𐆖 | Denarius coin used in Ancient Rome from 211 BC to the 3rd century AD |
| 𐆙 | Dupondius coin used during theRoman Empire andRoman 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) |
| ৲ | Bengalirupee mark[29][30] |
| ৹ | Bengali ānā, historically used to represent 1/16 of ataka orrupee[30] |
| ৻ | Bengali gaṇḍā, historically used to represent 1/20 of an ānā (1/320 of ataka orrupee)[30] |
| ߾ | Dorome sign using theN'Ko alphabet[31] |
| ߿ | Taman sign using the N'Ko alphabet[31] |
| 𞲰 | Indic Siyaq rupee mark[32] |
The UnicodeCJK Compatibility block contains several square versions of the names of currencies in Japanesekatakana.They are intended for compatibility with earlier character sets.
A mais recente emissão de moedas do BCV é a moeda comemorativa de 200$00 emitida em 2005[BCV's most recent coin issue is the 200$00 commemorative coin issued in 2005]
