Unsupported titles/Cifrão

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Translingual

On the reverse of a 2.50 Portuguese escudo coin from 1985
Car being sold, showing its current usage in Cape Verde

Alternative forms

  • $ (not official, common)

Description

An S-shape with two vertical lines crossing it completely.

Etymology

See $.

Symbol

  1. Alternative form of $.
  2. cifrão.
  1. (historical) The symbol for the Portuguese Timor escudo.
  2. (historical) The symbol for the Portuguese escudo.
  3. The official symbol for the Cape Verdean escudo.

Usage notes

The symbol can be considered a stylistic variant of $ and is considered as such in Unicode. It is the official symbol for the Cape Verdean escudo, but a single bar dollar sign is frequently employed in its place even for official purposes.

It is placed as a decimal point between the escudo and centavo values (e.g., 250).

See also

Currency signs

Formerly used currency signs

Further reading