Terminology: Currency symbols
Summary of the common currency symbols, including each currency name, visual and description:
| Symbol | Symbol name | Symbol design description |
|---|---|---|
¢ | Cents | One vertical or diagonal bar through a lowercase letter "c" |
£₤ | Pounds or Lira | One or two horizontal and parallel bars through a cursive capital letter "L" |
¥ | Yuan or Yen | One or two horizontal bars through a capital letter "Y" |
€ | Euro | Two horizontal, parallel bars through a capital letter “C”, forming a capital “E” shape and derived from the Greek symbol for Epsilon (ε) |
$ | Dollars, Pesos, Bolivianos, Reais, Colones or Cordobas | One or two vertical bars through a capital letter "S" |
₣ | Franc | Short horizontal bar above the baseline of a capital letter "F" |
₮ | Colón | Two vertical or diagonal bars through a lowercase “c”, not to be confused with the cents symbol |
₱ | Peso | One or two horizontal and parallel bars through the loop of a capital letter "P" |
﷼ | Rials or Riyals | Arabic symbol |
₪ | Shekel | Combination of the two Hebrew letters “ש” and “ח”, resembling a lowercase “r” interlinked with another rotated 180 degrees |
₩ | Won | Two horizontal and parallel bars through the capital letter "W" |
₭ | Kip | One horizontal bar through a capital letter "K" |
ден | Denar or Dinar | Cyrillic letter "De" д with lowercase "e" and uppercase "H" |
₨ | Rupees | Capital letter "R" with a lowercase letter "s" |
 | Rupee (Indian) | Looks like a capital letter "R" with a missing upright, and two parallel and horizontal bars toward the top of the letter |
₮ | Tugriks | Two diagonal and parallel bars through the a capital letter "T" |
ƒ | Florin, Gulden or Guilder | Italicised lowercase letter "f" with a hook |
₦ | Niara | Two horizontal and parallel lines through a capital letter "N" |
zł | Zlotych | Lowercase letter "z" with a letter "l" with diagonal bar |
руб | Russia | Lowercase letters "py" and Cyrillic letter "б" |
฿ | Baht | Capital letter "B" with a vertical bar through it |
₫ | Dong | Lowercase letter "d" with a horizontal bar through the ascender and another below the letter |
៛ | Riels | Khmer symbol |
Kč | Koruna | Capital letter "K" with a lowercase letter "c" with a caron accent |
¢ | Cedis | Lowercase letter "c" with a vertical or slightly diagonal bar |
₴ | Hryvnia | Looks similar to a capital letter "S" with two horizontal bars through it |
¤ | Generic currency symbol | Denotes currency when the proper symbol is not available, shown as a circle with lines extending outward toward the NE, SE, SW and NW directions |