Kevin Brown scripsit:The latest issue of UK banknotes do carry the pound sterling sign (with one crossbar), but this is quite new. At least the more recent former issues did not, if I remember correctly.
Incidentally, as far as I know, neither the dollar symbol nor cent symbol have ever appeared on Australia's paper money or coinage.
Is this unusual?
I can't speak for the whole of the last two centuries, but certainly current American bills and coins do not use either symbol. The bills in common use say ONE DOLLAR, FIVE DOLLARS, TEN DOLLARS, and TWENTY DOLLARS; the coins say ONE CENT, FIVE CENTS (the name "nickel" is informal), ONE DIME, and QUARTER DOLLAR. The bills are also marked using digits.
I was surprised to find no Euro symbol on Euro notes or coins.
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