Currency sign facts for kids

A currency symbol is a small picture or letter used to stand for a country's money. Think of it like a nickname for a currency!

When you write down an amount of money, the symbol can go in different places. For example, in many English-speaking countries and places in Latin America, the symbol comes before the number, like R$50.00 (which means 50 Brazilian Reals). But in many European countries, like France or Germany, the symbol usually goes after the number, like 20.50 €. It just depends on the currency!

Common Currency Symbols Today

Here are some of the currency symbols you might see around the world:

Symbol	What it's used for	Quick Fact
¤	General currency sign	This symbol is used when the real currency symbol isn't available.
؋	Afghan afghani	The money of Afghanistan.
₿	Bitcoin	This is a symbol for a digital currency.
฿	Thai baht	The money used in Thailand.
Br	Ethiopian birr Belarusian ruble	Used in Ethiopia and Belarus.
Bs.	Venezuelan bolívar Bolivian boliviano	Money used in Venezuela and Bolivia.
GH₵	Ghana cedi	The money of Ghana.
¢	Cent, centavo, etc.	This is a small part of a larger currency, like 100 cents in a dollar.
₡	Costa Rican colón	This symbol was also used for the Salvadoran colón, which is no longer used.
C$	Nicaraguan córdoba	The money of Nicaragua.
D	Gambian dalasi	The money of Gambia.
ден	Macedonian denar	The money of North Macedonia.
دج	Algerian dinar	The money of Algeria.
$	Many dollars and pesos	This symbol is used for money in many countries, like the US dollar, Canadian dollar, and Mexican peso. It can have one or two bars.
₫	Vietnamese đồng	The money of Vietnam.
	Armenian dram	The money of Armenia.
Esc	Cape Verdean escudo	The money of Cape Verde.
€	Euro	Used by many countries in Europe.
ƒ	Aruban florin Netherlands Antillean guilder	Used in Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles.
Ft	Hungarian forint	The money of Hungary.
Fr	Comorian, Congolese, Djiboutian, Guinean and Swiss francs	Used in several African countries and Switzerland.
₲	Paraguayan guaraní	The money of Paraguay.
₴	Ukrainian hryvnia	The money of Ukraine.
₭	Lao kip	The money of Laos.
Kč	Czech koruna	The money of the Czech Republic.
kr	Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Faroese and Icelandic krones	Used in Scandinavian countries and Iceland.
kn	Croatian kuna	The money of Croatia.
Kz	Angolan kwanza	The money of Angola.
K	Myanma kyat Papua New Guinean kina	Used in Myanmar and Papua New Guinea.
	Georgian lari	The money of Georgia.
L	Albanian lek Honduran lempira	Used in Albania and Honduras.
лв	Bulgarian lev	The money of Bulgaria.
	Turkish lira	The money of Turkey.
	Azerbaijani manat	The money of Azerbaijan.
KM	Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark	The money of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
MT	Mozambican metical	The money of Mozambique.
₦	Nigerian naira	The money of Nigeria.
Nu.	Bhutanese ngultrum	The money of Bhutan.
UM	Mauritanian ouguiya	The money of Mauritania.
T$	Tongan paʻanga	The money of Tonga.
MOP$	Macanese pataca	The money of Macau.
₱	Philippine peso	The money of the Philippines.
£	British and other pounds	Used in the UK and other places like the Falkland Islands.
P	Botswana pula	The money of Botswana.
Q	Guatemalan quetzal	The money of Guatemala.
R	South African rand	The money of South Africa.
R$	Brazilian real	The money of Brazil.
	Iranian rial	The money of Iran.
៛	Cambodian riel	The money of Cambodia.
RM	Malaysian ringgit	The money of Malaysia.
	Russian ruble	The money of Russia.
Rf.	Maldivian rufiyaa	The money of Maldives.
₹	Indian rupee	The money of India.
₨	Mauritian, Nepalese, Pakistani and Sri Lankan rupees	Used in several countries.
Rp	Indonesian rupiah	The money of Indonesia.
₪	Israeli new shekel	The money of Israel.
Tsh	Tanzanian shilling	The money of Tanzania.
S/	Peruvian sol	The money of Peru.
сом	Kyrgyzstani som	The money of Kyrgyzstan.
৳	Bangladeshi taka	The money of Bangladesh.
WS$	Samoan tālā	The money of Samoa.
	Kazakhstani tenge	The money of Kazakhstan.
₮	Mongolian tögrög	The money of Mongolia.
VT	Vanuatu vatu	The money of Vanuatu.
₩	North Korean won South Korean won	Used in both North and South Korea.
¥	Japanese yen Chinese Renminbi yuan	Used in Japan and China.
zł	Polish złoty	The money of Poland.

Old Currency Symbols

Currencies can change over time, and so can their symbols! Here are a few symbols that are no longer used today:

Symbol	What it was used for
₳	Argentine austral symbol (used in Argentina)
₢ Cr$	Brazilian cruzeiro symbol (used in Brazil)
₰	pfennig symbol (a small coin in Germany)
DM	Deutsche Mark symbol (used in Germany before the euro)
₯	Greek drachma symbol (used in Greece before the euro)
₠	ECU symbol (a European currency unit before the euro)
₤	lira symbol (used in Italy and other places before the euro)
Lm	Maltese lira symbol (used in Malta before the euro)
₧	Spanish peseta symbol (used in Spain before the euro)
	Portuguese escudo symbol (used in Portugal before the euro)
Sk	Slovak koruna (used in Slovakia before the euro)
𐆖	Denarius (an ancient Roman coin symbol)

See also

In Spanish: Símbolo monetario para niños