Colón (currency)
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "redirect hatnote". Template:Refimprove Template:Infobox currency sign The colón (₡) refers to two Central American currencies, both named for Christopher Columbus (Template:Langx)[1]:
- the Costa Rican colón (ISO 4217 code: CRC[2]), used in Costa Rica since 1896Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- the Salvadoran colón (ISO 4217 code: SVC[2]), used in El Salvador from 1892 until 2001, when it was replaced by the American dollarScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
Symbol
The symbol for the colón is "₡", written as a capital letter C crossed by two diagonal strokes. In Unicode, it is at code point Template:Unichar[3] and may be typed on many English language Microsoft Windows keyboards with the shortcut Script error: No such module "key".+Script error: No such module "key"..[4]
The correct way to write colones is ₡1, with the symbol before the number. This follows the standard for most currencies.
References
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