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Currency symbol

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A currency symbol or currency sign is a graphic symbol used to denote a currency unit. Usually it is defined by a monetary authority, such as the national central bank for the currency concerned.

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Symbols of the four most widely held reserve currencies
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This article contains Unicode currency symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of currency symbols.

A symbol may be positioned in various ways, according to national convention: before, between or after the numeric amounts: €2.50, 2,50€ and 2Cifr%C3%A3o_symbol.svg50.

Symbols are neither defined nor listed by international standard ISO 4217, which only assigns three-letter codes.