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There was no code-point for any ¥ symbol in the original (7-bit) US-ASCII and consequently many early systems reassigned 5C (allocated to the backslash (\) in ASCII) to the yen sign. With the arrival of 8-bit encoding, the ISO/IEC 8859-1 ("ISO Latin 1") character set assigned code point A5 to the ¥ in 1985; Unicode continues this encoding.
A currency symbol or currency sign is a graphic symbol used to denote a currency unit. Usually it is defined by a monetary authority, such as the national central bank for the currency concerned. A symbol may be positioned in various ways, according to national convention: before, between or after the numeric amounts: €2.50, 2,50€ and 2 50.
The yen (Japanese: 円, symbol: ¥; code: JPY) is the official currency of Japan. It is the third-most traded currency in the foreign exchange market, after the United States dollar and the euro. [2] It is also widely used as a third reserve currency after the US dollar and the euro.
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The main items of commodity money in Japan were arrowheads, rice grains and gold powder. This contrasted somewhat with countries like China, where one of the most important items of commodity money came from the southern seas: shells. [1] Since then however, the shell has become a symbol for money in many Chinese and Japanese ideograms. [1]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The currency symbol for Monopoly money This page was last edited on 8 December 2024, at 03:12 (UTC). Text is ...
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The latter term for Momme refers to when it was used as a unit of currency during the Edo period in the form of silver coins. [2] [3] As a term, the word "Momme" and its symbol "匁" are unique to Japan. [2] [4] The Chinese equivalent to Momme is qián (Chinese: 錢), which is also a generic word for "money".