Currency sign

Categories: Currency

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, especially in the English-speaking world, locate it before the amount (e.g., £50.00); some 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 12F34). The standardized European default placement, used in absence of a national standard, is that (€) is placed before the amount. Practically all countries which had their former currency sign placed after the amount continue to use the old position with the new currency.

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Examples

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Formerly used currency signs

fr:Symbole monétaire it:Simboli di valuta ru:Знаки валют sv:Valutabeteckning