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[edit] Position of currency sign

From article: "When writing currency amounts the location of the sign varies by currency." I always thought this varied by language. Examples:

Swedish:
Det kostar 50,00 USD.
(Det kostar 50,00 $.)
Det kostar 50,00 kr.
Det kostar 50,00 €.
English:
This costs $50.00.
This costs SEK 50.00.
This costs €50.00.

For the same reason I do not believe there is a "defined placement of the euro sign by the european comission". I'll see if I can find such a thing. -Storpilot 19:07, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)

As a data point, in Canadian French it is common to see the dollar sign following the amount, and the decimal written as a comma, to boot: 1,85$. I first noticed this in the late '80s and took it then as a recent innovation; it is politically important in Quebec that French be used prominently and obviously, so universal multilingual forms are disfavoured relative to unique specific ones. But I may be wrong, not having spent much time in Quebec, and it that may be cyncism on my part. It would be equally valid to say that the "$1.85" is uniquely English and even long usage in Quebec was nothing more than Anglo imperialist hegemony. Sharkford 18:49, 2005 Jun 8 (UTC)

Doess anybody have any source, reference or information for "The standardized European default placement, used in absence of a national standard, is that (€) is placed before the amount." I believe this to be incorrect. As far as I am aware, the position of the currency sysmbol is language-dependent and neither the EU nor the ECB issed a default, language-independent standard. To decide on the positioning before the figure would be odd, since it has so many disadvantages compared to other notations. -- 82.21.200.32 10:42, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Symbol for cent

The symbol for a Euro-cent is a normal small "c". I have never seen the US symbol of a "c" with a line through it used for the sub-division of a Euro.

[edit] Symbol for pound and lira

The symbol for a British pound is a £ with either one or two bars in it, the same as you quote for the former Italian Lira. Keyboards and computer fonts usually have one bar, but either one or two are valid, or so I was taught at school in England. The derivation is a hand-written "L" from the latin "Libra" for pound, the same derivation as the Italian lira. This is also the derivation for abbreviation for the British pound weight, 1 lb. = 454 g.

I read on the ‘Wikipedia’ article on the Pound sign that originally it was the ‘₤’ sign (with two bars), but that the Bank of England started using a single-barred ‘£’. So I’d reckon that ‘₤’ and ‘£’ are acceptable as the Sterling, but only ‘₤’, or just ‘L’ as the Lira. Pound sign Rob Del Monte 05:56, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Generic currency sign

what is the generic currency sign ¤ used for?

Been reading Politiken eh? First thing I did was also to check here :) (For the rest of you: A Danish newspaper is trying to find out what the ¤ sign means and has resorted to asking the readers since none of the experts they asked knew) Preisler 11:54, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
I have :)
It's used to indicate currency placement in format strings on computer equipment. I don't know if there are any other uses. Ajhoughton 11:42, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Symbols appear as squares

What updates are required for the symbols in question to be seen, as opposed to a simple square which internet explorer shows when the correct symbol is not installed?

Unicode is what you need. Look around for it. I think Firefox has more built-in unicoe than explorer... but I may be completely wrong. one/zero 02:37, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rupee sign

I don't know if it's just me or if it happens to other people (I'm using Win XP and Firefox), but the symbol for the Rupee sometimes shows up as the really squished-looking Rs symbol (which seems to always show up in the Rupee article), and sometimes an Rp symbol. OzLawyer 22:12, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Currency Symbols

I was recently pondering why so many world currency symbols are letters with a line (or two) through them. It is surely no coincidence that the dollar (S), pound (L), franc (F), yen (Y), euro (E), &c. all share this trait. Does anyone happen to know the history as to why this may be? If so, it may be worth a few words on the main article? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 147.114.226.173 (talk) 10:30, 13 December 2006 (UTC).

If I had to guess, I'd say is was most likely because it made them easy to print in the days before computerized typesetting. Ajhoughton 11:45, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] British middle dot-decimal point.

Should it be noted that in the United Kingdom, the middle dot (‘·’)is often used as the decimal point, and, according to the ‘Wikipedia’ article on the middle dot, the gov't recommended, initially, the middle dot to separte the pence from the pounds?

Eg.: Bannanas £4·50 per bunch.

Interpunct#In_mathematics_and_science Rob Del Monte 05:53, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

I waited about a day, and added it:
"The decimal point can also take local countries' standards. For instance, the United Kingdom often uses a middle dot as the decimal point (eg '£5·52')."
Though, I wanted to add about the comma, though I wasn't sure if I'd ever seen something like '4, 56€', or something. Is the comma used as the decimal point in prices in certain localites?Rob Del Monte 09:00, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
I added that commas can be used as the decimal separator, after seeing http://cgi.ebay.fr/Bordeaux-Superieur-2001-Cht-Les-Maurins-Recoltant_W0QQitemZ330042193083QQihZ014QQcategoryZ118099QQcmdZViewItem, I reasoned that wine couldn't be €1, 000, so I guessed that it was representing €10·00.

[edit] Slashes in currency symbols

Does anybody know the origin of the one or two slashes in many of the currency symbols? As in: $, ₤, €, and so on. 12.78.57.98 15:11, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

This is a duplicate of a previous question on this page. I don't have a citation handy, but I'm sure it has to do with the fact that it made them easy to print in the days before computerized typesetting. Ajhoughton 11:47, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
I don't think so. The slashes have something to do with superstition - that man was forbidden to talk (and by extension: to write) about money, that doing so openly would bring bad luck etc. The matter reaches into the human psyche. Still looking for a proper citation. Actually, I'm looking for the designer of the euro symbol, €, because here is a very recent symbol, with the slashes. The designer must have been aware of the history. -- Iterator12n Talk 15:40, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
BTW, the two parallel lines"indicating the stability of the euro" seems a politician's a posteriori rationalization. -- Iterator12n Talk 16:19, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Perhaps give a currency sign to Australia?

Rather than having a blank continent? Sad mouse 04:04, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Brazil

The currency sign used in Brazil is R$ and not the one shown on the map. R$ is the official currency sign, used in all financial and commercial transactions in the country. The use of the R$ symbol is mandatory as determined by Federal Law nº 9069 (Art. 1, §1)[1]. Therefore, I would suggest either correcting the map or taking it off the article as it displays misleading information.Limongi 01:24, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please add more currency

There are more currency signs and please add more!

Thank you for your cooperation.World Trade Center 18:23, 21 December 2007 (UTC)