Currency Symbols, Abbreviations and Codes - Foreign Currency Symbols

International currencies are identified using currency symbols (also known as foreign currency symbols, international currency symbols, World currency symbols and foreign exchange symbols). These symbols can be displayed in a variety of different ways including graphic currency symbols, three letter currency codes (that you will see throughout this site, also known as abbreviations) and symbols used in Western text.

So why are there so many ways of displaying each currency? Well it isn’t meant to be confusing; in fact each method has its own specific purpose, as you will read below…

Graphic symbols are what you are likely to find on a currency’s bank notes. It is a visual representation of a currency symbol rather than a written one. However, Western currency symbols often translate well into Western text, as you will see below. Examples of this are the dollar sign “$”, the Euro sign “€” and the Pound sign “£”.

Currency codes are used to identify a currency by banks, multinational corporations, individual speculators and other financial institutions. The purpose of this code is to be completely universal with each currency given a unique 3-letter code. These codes are easily identifiable by humans and computers alike. Examples of this are AUD, the Australian Dollar and JPY, the Japanese Yen.

Western text format is the method of displaying currency symbols in hand writing and word processing software programs. As already mentioned, the majority of the time graphic Western currency symbols translate well into written text but there are examples when this is not the case. Afghanistan Afghanis, Cambodian Riels, Iranian Rials and Ukrainian Hryvnia are all good examples of this.

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List of Currency Symbols:

Currency Code	Currency Names	Country	Graphic Currency Symbols	Western Text Format	Useful Links
AUD	Australian Dollar, Australian Currency	Australia		$	Charts - Rates - Info
CAD	Canadian Dollar, Canadian Currency	Canada		$	Charts - Rates - Info
CHF	Swiss Franc, Switzerland Currency	Switzerland		CHF	Charts - Rates - Info
CZK	Czech Koruna, Czech Republic Currency	Czech Republic		Kč	Charts - Rates
DKK	Danish Krone, Denmark Currency	Denmark		kr	Charts - Rates
EUR	The Euro, Eurozone Single Currency	Eurozone		€	Charts - Rates - Info
GBP	British Pound, British Currency, Cable, Pound Sterling	Great Britain		£	Charts - Rates - Info
HKD	Hong Kong Dollar, Hong Kong Currency	Hong Kong		HK$, 圓, 元	Charts - Rates
HRK	Croatian Kuna, Croatia Currency	Croatia		kn	Charts - Rates
HUF	Hungarian Forint, Hungary Currency	Hungary		Ft	Charts - Rates
ILS	Israeli Shekel, Israel Currency	Israel		₪	Charts - Rates
ISK	Iceland Krona, Iceland Currency	Iceland		kr	Charts - Rates
JPY	Japanese Yen, Japanese Currency	Japan		¥	Charts - Rates - Info
MTL	Maltese Lira, Maltese Currency	Malta		Lm	Charts - Rates
MXN	Mexican Peso, Mexican Currency	Mexico		$	Charts - Rates - Info
MYR	Malaysian Ringgit, Malaysia Currency	Malaysia		RM	Charts - Rates
NOK	Norwegian Krone, Norway Currency	Norway		kr	Charts - Rates
NZD	New Zealand Dollar, New Zealand Currency	New Zealand		$	Charts - Rates
PLN	Polish Zloty, Polish Currency	Poland		zł	Charts - Rates
RON	Romanian Leu, Romania Currency	Romania		lei	Charts - Rates
RUB	Russian Rouble, Russian Currency	Russia		руб	Charts - Rates - Info
SEK	Swedish Krona, Swedish Currency	Sweden		kr	Charts - Rates
SGD	Singapore Dollar, Singapore Currency	Singapore		$	Charts - Rates
THB	Thai Baht, Thailand Currency	Thailand		฿	Charts - Rates
TRY	New Turkish Lira, Turkish Currency	Turkey		YTL	Charts - Rates
USD	US Dollar, US Currency	United States of America		$	Charts - Rates - Info
XAG	Spot Silver, Silver Prices	n/a	n/a	n/a	Charts - Rates
XAU	Spot Gold, Gold Prices	n/a	n/a	n/a	Charts - Rates
ZAR	South African Rand, South African Currency	South Africa		R	Charts - Rates - Info

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