Timeline for Does the currency sign (¤) go before, or after the amount?
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| Oct 30, 2020 at 7:26 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | @Flux In France, mixed amounts of francs and centimes were often written as e.g. 3F50 and this has carried on with the Euro. 3F50 Air stamp - L'abonnement Forfait est un tarif qui comprend un coupon valable 1 mois et vous devez réglez 1€50 de réservations par trajets en TGV (SNCF) Soupe courgettes basilic 4€50 le litre Carottes 1€ le kilo Poireaux 1€50 le kilo (Grocery web site) | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 23:58 | comment | added | Flux | @nnnnnn There are many cases where the currency is unknown and there is no need to know the "true worth" of the amount. For example, when writing some answers to questions on money.stackexchange.com. Sometimes the currency is unknown (e.g. on old questions written by people who have left the site), and the "true worth" of the amount is irrelevant when making examples. | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 23:39 | comment | added | nnnnnn | Why would one be writing about a specific numeric currency value when the actual currency is unknown or not specified? The reader can't tell what the specified number is actually worth if currency is unknown. | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 22:59 | comment | added | Flux | @MichaelHarvey "... in some countries the symbol goes between the whole number and the decimal part" Could you give an example? | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 22:58 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | In Canada the $ goes before the number in English speaking provinces, and after it in French speaking ones, and I believe that in some countries the symbol goes between the whole number and the decimal part. | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 22:45 | history | edited | Flux | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 29, 2020 at 22:44 | comment | added | Jim | I think it’s purpose is not to represent an unspecified currency, but rather to represent a currency symbol that is unavailable. | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 22:37 | comment | added | Flux | @HotLicks The whole point of using the currency sign instead of a specific currency sign is that the currency in question is an unspecified currency. | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 22:35 | answer | added | Kermit | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 22:28 | comment | added | Flux | @user121863 I know. I've already read that article three or four times over the course of several years. | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 22:28 | history | edited | Flux | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 29, 2020 at 22:27 | comment | added | user 66974 | en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency_sign_(typography) | |
| Oct 29, 2020 at 22:23 | history | asked | Flux | CC BY-SA 4.0 |