Currency Symbols on Coins

[chrisild]

Not sure about the Japanese yen symbol. But it may not have a high priority as the Kanji character for "yen" (the one on the right here) does not really take up more space.

Christian

[Miner]

Uruguay also its peso symbol "$" refers to

[SquareEarth]

My favourite currency symbol.
Somaliland 1 Shilling

[SquareEarth]

Are you saying that "/-" is the somaliland shilling symbol ?
i always thought it meant "only" . An old British practice of writing "Rs.25/-" essentially means "Rupees 25 only" (though there must be a correct Latin term). The reason is to prevent adding any extra digits eg, on a cheque or on an invoice or bill. This is still the norm in India

Here you are.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shilling_sign 7/6 = seven shillings and six pence; 7/- = seven shillings exactly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shilling
I think the symbol do mean “shilling" in "Pound/Shilling/Pence"-based systems.
By extended logic, Rs 100/2/6 means 100 rupees and 2 annas and 6 paise?

[SquareEarth]

1906 mexico 1 cent

[<k>]

Russia, 1 ruble, 2014.  Circulating commemorative.

[<k>]

Transnistria, 1 rouble, 2015.

[<k>]

Today I was looking at an image of a Cuban centavo of 2007 (convertible peso) and noticed that it had a stroke through the centavo abbreviation: ¢ instead of c. It occurred to me that I had often seen this sign without thinking about it. Now I wonder how many coinages have used a currency sign for the subunits. Can you think of any others?

Also, is the ¢ the only such sign for subunits in existence, or are there others for subunits whose name does not begin with 'c'?

[<k>]

Uruguay, 5 pesos, 1980.  Nuevos pesos.  N$