Currency symbol

A currency symbol (or currency sign ) is a special character that is used as an abbreviation for a currency . It is written either after (€ 12.80) or before the amount ($ 12.80). One or no space is placed between the symbol and the amount (language-dependent). In some countries, most famous Portugal and France , the currency symbols were also used as decimal separators in the amount before the introduction of the euro (123 $ 45 or 12F80).

To avoid confusion, currency symbols that apply to several currencies are also used together with letter abbreviations (for example US- $, US $).

In international payment transactions, abbreviations according to ISO 4217 are preferred because of their clarity; They are also interchangeable with information technology and symbols from foreign cultures are often not understood.

Table of currency symbols
¤	General currency symbol (placeholder for a currency to be specifically added)
	Altyn (former Russian coin)
₳	Austral (former Argentine currency)
฿	Baht ( Thailand )
฿	Balboa ( Panama )
B /.
₿	Bitcoin ( cryptocurrency )
$	Boliviano ( Bolivia )
₵	Cedi ( Ghana )
¢	Cent (used for US and some other cents, but not for the euro cent )
₡	Colón ( Costa Rica CRC ; SVC former currency in El Salvador )
₢	Cruzeiro (former currency in Brazil )
$	Dollars ( Anguilla , Antigua and Barbuda , Australia , Bahamas , Barbados , Belize , Bermuda , Brunei , Dominica , Ecuador , Fiji , Grenada , Guyana , Hong Kong (not on banknotes), Jamaica , Virgin Islands , Cayman Islands , Canada , Liberia , Micronesia , Montserrat , Namibia , New Zealand , East Timor , Palau , Solomon Islands , Zimbabwe , Singapore , St. Kitts and Nevis , St. Lucia , St. Vincent and the Grenadines , Suriname , Trinidad and Tobago , Tuvalu , United States )
圓	Dollar ( Hong Kong - only on banknotes of the Bank of China and the Standard Chartered Bank)
元	Dollar ( Hong Kong - only on Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation banknotes)
₫	Đồng ( Vietnam )
₯	Drachma (former currency in Greece )
Դ	Dram ( Armenia )
€	Euro ( Andorra , Belgium , Germany , Estonia , Finland , France , French Guiana , Greece , Guadeloupe , Italy , Kosovo , Latvia , Luxembourg , Malta , Martinique , Mayotte , Monaco , Montenegro , Netherlands , Austria , Portugal , Réunion , Saint- Barthélemy , Saint Martin , Saint-Pierre and Miquelon , San Marino , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Republic of Ireland , Vatican City , Cyprus )
₠	European currency unit (former currency of account in Andorra , Belgium , Denmark , Germany , France , French Guiana , Greece , Great Britain , Guadeloupe , Ireland , Italy , Luxembourg , Martinique , Mayotte , Netherlands , Portugal , Réunion , Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint -Pierre and Miquelon, San Marino , Spain )
ƒ	Florin ( Aruba )
₣	Draft for Franc (former currency in France ). The symbol was proposed in 1988 by Édouard Balladur (then Minister of State in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance ), but not adopted.
₲	Guaraní ( Paraguay )
ƒ	Guilder ( Curaçao , Sint Maarten ; former currency in Aruba )
ƒ	Guilder (former currency in the Netherlands )
₴	Hryvnia ( Ukraine )
₭	Kip ( Laos )
kr	Krone ( Denmark , Sweden , Norway , Iceland )
₤	Lira (former currency in Italy , Malta , San Marino , Vatican City )
	Manat ( Azerbaijan )
ℳ	Mark ( currency valid in Germany from 1871 to 1923)
₥	Mill (formerly for a thousandth of a US dollar )
₦	Naira ( Nigeria )
元	New Dollar ( Taiwan )
₪	New Shekel ( Israel )
S /.	Nuevo Sol ( Peru )
₧	Peseta (former currency in Andorra , Spain )
$	Peso ( Argentina , Chile , Colombia , Mexico )
₱	Peso ( Dominican Republic , Cuba , Philippines , Uruguay )
₰	Pfennig (formerly used in Germany )
£	Pound ( Egypt , Falkland Islands , Gibraltar , Great Britain , Guernsey , Isle of Man , Jersey , Lebanon , Northern Ireland , St. Helena , Syria ; former currency of the Republic of Ireland , Cyprus )
R.	Rand ( South Africa )
R $	Real ( Brazil )
ℛℳ	Reichsmark and Rentenmark ( currency valid in Germany from 1923 to 1948)
元	Renminbi Yuan ( People's Republic of China (excluding Hong Kong , Macau , Taiwan ))
៛	Riel ( Cambodia )
﷼	Riyal ( Iran , Yemen , Qatar , Oman , Saudi Arabia )
	Transnistrian Ruble ( Transnistria )
₽	Russian ruble ( Russia , official since 2013 )
₨	Rupee ( India , Mauritius , Nepal , Pakistan , Seychelles , Sri Lanka )
${\displaystyle \mathrm {S} \!\!\!\Vert }$	Cifrão - for Escudo , which was the currency in Portugal until 2001
$
৲	Rupee ( Urdu symbol for rupee)
૱	Rupee ( Gudjarati symbol for rupee)
௹	Rupee ( Tamil symbol for rupee)
৳	Taka ( Bangladesh )
〒	Tenge ( Kazakhstan )
	Turkish Lira ( Republic of Turkey , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus )
₮	Tögrög ( Mongolia )
₩	Won ( South Korean won , North Korean won : Korea )
¥	Yen ( Japan )
円
Zł	Zloty ( Poland )

Web links

Commons : Currency symbols  - collection of images

• PDF of the Unicode Consortium with the currency symbols (English; 88 kB)
• Andreas Stötzner: Weight and currency symbols from antiquity to today . In: Signa . No. May 3 , 2005 ( PDF, 531 KB [accessed November 9, 2012] excerpt).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DIN 5008. Numbers. (No longer available online.) Richtlinien.de, archived from the original on August 2, 2012 ; accessed on April 8, 2019 : "Amounts of money - Example: € 78,100, EUR 3,457, EUR 345,000.34, € 21,456.24" 
2. ↑ ÖNORM A 1080. (PDF; 720 kB) Figures 2.4 Amounts of money. (No longer available online.) Phst, p. 5 , archived from the original on June 16, 2012 ; accessed on April 8, 2019 : “z. B. $ 12,345.12; € 34.00 " 
3. ↑ Instructions from the Federal Chancellery on the writing and formulation of the German-language official federal texts. (PDF) § 5.4 Amounts of money. (No longer available online.) Swiss Federal Chancellery, August 6, 2008, p. 86 , archived from the original on August 5, 2012 ; accessed on April 8, 2019 : "... amount of Fr. 327.65 converted to € 64.15 or: converted to EUR 64.15 or $ 20 million / USD 20 million" 
4. ↑ Etapes - numéro 225 (Hors collection) , 2015, ISBN 979-1092227154 , page 52, limited preview in the Google book search