From the first letter of Latin lībra (“pound”). The symbol is derived from the mediaeval tradition of placing a stroke over a letter or letters of a word (in this case L) to indicate an abbreviation; when letters have ascenders like L, the stroke frequently passes through that ascender. £ is thus cognate with the pound sign #, which was similarly derived from lb with a stroke through the ascenders.

Flanders was able to flog his piece of land, for which he had originally paid £4,000, to one of the largest gold-mining corporations for something like a couple of million smackers.

2007, Dave Lee (jazz musician), Nothing Rhymes with Silver 2, page 78:

various other currencies called pound or lira.


Initialism of yen or initialism of yuan. The two lines represent the other two letters in the word 'yen'. One of the earliest uses of ¥ can be found in J. Twizell Wawn’s “Japanese Municipal Government With an Account of the Administration of the City of Kobe”, published in 1899. Usage of the sign increased in the early 20th century, primarily in Western English-speaking countries, but has also become commonly used in Japan as well.

The symbol for yen, the currency of Japan


$ appears to have evolved circa 1775 in the United States from a common abbreviation for pesos, also known as piastres or pieces of eight, a P/raised-S ligature P^S. It was used in the US before the adoption of the dollar in 1785.
The "computing" sense is the result of homophony between English cache and cash, dollars being a form of cash.


A currency sign for the dollar, peso, and pataca.

An unofficial currency sign for the escudo.


The symbol for the euro, the currency used by the European Monetary Union.


(rare) The symbol for peseta(s), Spanish currency until 2002.


A stylized combination of the Hebrew letters ש (sh) and ח (ḥ); see ש״ח (Sh.Ḥ.).

A currency sign representing the Israel new shekel.


The symbol for naira(s), the national currency of Nigeria.


From Korean 원(圓) (won), from Sinitic 圓／圆 (yuán, “circle; round coin”).

won(s), the national currency of South Korea.

won, the currency of the Kingdom of Korea.


The symbol for mill (s), which is 1/10 of a ¢ (cent).

for thousandth part generally, not currency specifically


Minimum registered capitalization of ฿2 million for foreign businesses operating non-restricted and ฿3 million for restricted businesses under the Foreign Business Act.

2022 July 11, Nelson P. Maranan, How to Operate an Outbound Recruitment Agency in Thailand (in English), Nelson P. Maranan, →ISBN:

A currency sign representing the Thai baht.

(proscribed) An unofficial currency sign representing bitcoin, primarily used before its symbol (₿) was added to Unicode.


£sd

An abbreviation of the Latin lībra solidus dēnārius.

(British, historical after 1971) the pre-decimal pounds, shillings, pence


The symbol for the ECU, the former European Currency Unit.


From the first letter of Vietnamese đồng.

The symbol for đồng, the national currency of Vietnam.


A currency sign representing the Paraguayan guaraní.


From the letter "C" with two vertical strokes through it; Spanish colón.

The symbol for the colón, currency of Costa Rica and former currency of El Salvador.


From the first letter of Mongolian төгрөг (tögrög).

Symbol for the tögrög, the national currency of Mongolia. Also transliterated as tugrik, togrog, tugrug, tugric, tugrog.


The symbol for the kip, the national currency of Laos.


From the first letter of Ukrainian гри́вня (hrývnja) in italic (г).

The symbol for hryvnia, the national currency of Ukraine.


Full-width lira currency symbol, used interchangeably with £ as the symbol for the Italian lira.


The symbol for the piso or peso, the national currency of the Philippines.


Handwritten lowercase d in Kurrent, originally standing for denarius (compare the old use of d. for English pence).

pfennig, former currency used in Germany.


A proposed, but never used, symbol for the former unit of currency of France, replaced in 1999 by the euro.


The symbol for cedi, the currency of Ghana.


ℳ

(rare) The symbol for the German mark until 1923.


The symbol for the rupee, as used as currency in West Bengal,India.


Symbol for the rupee, the currency of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, and Mauritius.


From Δρ, the first two letters of Greek δραχμή (drachmí).

The drachma currency, used in Greece until it was replaced by the euro.


From the first letter of Bengali টাকা (ṭaka).

The symbol for the taka, as used as currency in Bangladesh.


cruzeiro, the currency used in Brazil from 1942 to 1968.


From the first letter of Khmer រៀល (riəl).

បីពាន់រៀល ― bəy pŏən riəl ― three thousand riels (៣០០០៛ (3000៛))

The symbol for the riel, the currency used in Cambodia since 1955 when it replaced the French piastre.


(cryptocurrencies) The symbol for cryptocurrency Solana.


s.

Abbreviation of shilling, derived from Latin solidus.


From the first two letters of Pashto افغانۍ (afghānī) or Persian افغانی (afğâni).

A currency sign representing the Afghan afghani.


Roman numeral Ⅰ with a cross-bar (usually set italic)

as, a unit of weight and currency. The symbol precedes a number to indicate the value in asses.


(numismatics) spesmilo (an obsolete international currency)


From the first letter of Kazakh теңге (teñge).


A hybrid of the Devanagari letter र (“ra”), the first consonant in रुपया (rupyā, “rupee”), and the Latin letter R, overstruck with an additional line similar to other currency symbols such as ¥ (“yen”), ₱ (“peso”) etc. It was created by Indian designer Udaya Kumar and introduced by the Indian government in 2010.

The symbol representing the Indian rupee.


livre tournois (a unit of currency in Medieval France and a unit of account in Early Modern France)


Adaptation of Armenian Դ (D), the capitalized first letter of դրամ (dram).


A currency sign representing the Turkish lira.


US$

Currency symbol for the United States dollar


From the first letter of Russian рубль (rublʹ).

A currency sign representing the ruble, the currency of Russia.


From the first letter of Spanish petro, from petróleo. Coincidentally similar in form to the ruble symbol.

A currency sign representing the petro, a cryptocurrency launched in Venezuela.


A currency sign used for the Nordic mark.


A currency sign used for the Azerbaijani manat.


A currency sign representing bitcoin, an electronic currency.


(finance) a wildcard for a generic currency, or placeholder for an unknown currency.


[Cifrão]

(historical) The symbol for the Portuguese Timor escudo.

(historical) The symbol for the Portuguese escudo.

cifrão.
The symbol for the Portuguese escudo.

The official symbol for the Cape Verdean escudo.


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c. 3rd century CE, Altar piece at Peillon (photograph):

Lucius Blaesius[?] Iunius Cornutus, president of the college of dendrophores, made the altar and the pavement of the schola and the vestibule, at his expense. He gave sportulae to each, one denarius to each dendrophore and he distributed wine around.

denarius, a unit of currency worth 10 as. The symbol precedes a number to indicate the value in denarii.


[Old Israeli shekel]

A stylized form of Hebrew ש, shaped like a cradle (i.e. rounded and opening upward).

(historical) The symbol for the Old Israeli shekel, in circulation between 1980 and 1985.


Đ.

(historical) The symbol for đồng, the national currency of South Vietnam.


dupondius, a unit of currency worth two as


quinarius, a unit of currency worth 5 as (i.e. half a denarius)


Roman numeral Ⅱ followed by S for semis, with a cross-bar

sestertius, a unit of currency worth 2 1⁄2 as. The symbol precedes a number to indicate the value in sesterces.