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dollar sign

monetary symbol used in many national currencies
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dollar sign
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Summary

dollar sign is a currency sign[1]. It draws 22,900 Wikipedia views per month (currency sign category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Based on: U/u[3], S/s[4]
  • Commons category: Dollar sign[5]
  • Unicode character: $[6], 💲[7], ＄[8], ﹩[9]
  • Different from: United States dollar[10], S/s[11]
  • Code: ...-..-[12]
  • Symbol of: New Taiwan dollar[13]

Why It Matters

dollar sign has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Argentine convertible peso Australian dollar Bahamian dollar Barbadian dollar Belize dollar Bermudian dollar Brazilian real Brunei dollar Canadian dollar Cayman Islands dollar Chilean peso Colombian peso convertible peso Cook Islands dollar Cuban peso Eastern Caribbean dollar Fijian dollar French Indochinese piastre Hong Kong dollar Jamaican dollar Kiribati dollar Liberian dollar Macanese pataca Namibian dollar New Taiwan dollar New Zealand dollar peso Samoan tālā Singapore dollar Solomon Islands dollar

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · ~2026-55154-70 · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 42
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'az', 'ca', 'ckb', 'commons', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Unicode character"
  2. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → dollar-sign
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: dollar-sign, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289932035|dollar sign (#289932035)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  3. 17w ago · EpicDream86 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Instance of → currency sign
    Aliases → —
    Unicode character → $, 💲, ＄ +1
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Symbol of: New Taiwan dollar"
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