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Graphic symbols are often used as a shorthand for currency names. Internationally, ISO 4217 codes are used instead of currency signs, though currency signs may be in common use in their respective countries.When writing currency amounts the location of the sign varies by currency. Many currencies locate it before the amount (eg. £50.00); some after the amount (eg. 50.00 S₣); and before they were abolished, the sign for the Portuguese Escudo and the French Franc were placed in the decimal position (ie. 50$00 or 12F34). Although the defined placement of the euro sign by the european comission is that (€) is placed before the amount, many countries which had their former currency sign placed in other positions continue to use the old position with the new currency.
Some currency symbols include:
- ¤ generic currency sign
- ฿ baht sign (used in Thailand)
- ¢ cent sign (a subdivision of dollars, euros and other currencies)
- ₡ colón sign (used in Costa Rica and in El Salvador)
- ₠ ECU sign (not widely used, and now historical; replaced by the euro)
- ₢ cruzeiro sign (formerly used in Brazil)
- $ dollar sign (also used for many other currencies in the Americas, such as the different pesos, and formerly for the Portuguese EscudoEscudo 1 escudo 2000 The escudo was the official currency of Portugal prior to the introduction of the euro in January 1, 1999 (euro coins and notes were not introduced until 2002). 100 centavos made up one escudo''. Its symbol was the cifrao similar to a as the cifrão)
- ₯ drachmaDrachma 1 drachma 1988 Drachma (, pl. The name of this unit of Greek currency is derived from the verb "to grasp. It is the name of both: #Modern Greek currency, replaced by the euro. Ancient currency unit found in many Greek city states and successor sta sign (formerly used in GreeceGreece formally called the Hellenic Republic (in Greek: ) Hellenike Demokratia , is a country in the southeast of Europe on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula. It is bounded on land by Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Albania)
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- € euro sign (used in participating European UnionFor other uses, see EU (disambiguation). The European Union or EU is a supranational organisation of 25 European states. It was established with that name by the Treaty on European Union (commonly known as the Maastricht Treaty) in 1992 but many aspects o member countries ( EurozoneThe Eurozone (also called Euro-area or Euroland is the subset of European Union member states which have adopted the Euro currency, creating a currency union. Countries with the Euro as currency Official members There are 12 members in the eurozone: Austr), a few small non-EU European nations, and the regions of KosovoKosovo and Metohija ( Serbian: Albanian: Kosova , usually called just Kosovo is an autonomous province of Serbia (which together with Montenegro constitutes Serbia and Montenegro). It is currently administered by the United Nations following the recent Ko and Montenegro)
- ₣ franc sign (formerly used in France. Most people preferred to write "FF" instead)
- ₭ kip sign (used in Laos)
- ₤ lira sign (formerly used in Italy, San Marino and Vatican City, and currently sometimes in Malta)
- ₥ mill sign (one-tenth of a cent)
- ₦ naira sign (used in Nigeria)
- ₰ German penny ( pfennig) sign
- ₧ peseta sign (formerly used in Spain and Andorra. Most people preferred to write "pts" instead .)
- ₱ peso sign (used in the Philippines
- £ pound sign (also used for the lira)
- ៛ riel sign ( Cambodia)
- ₨ rupee sign (used in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Mauritius)
- ৲ rupee mark ( Bengal)
- ৳ rupee sign ( Bengal)
- ₪ new sheqel sign (used in Israel)
- ₩ won sign (used in both Koreas)
- ₮ tugrik sign (used in Mongolia)
- ¥ yen sign (used in Japan and in China for the yuan)