¢ c
In
currency, the
cent is a
monetary unit that equals 1/100 of various countries' basic monetary units. The word also refers to the
coin which is worth one cent.
In the
United States,
Canada and
Ireland, the 1¢ coin is generally known by the nickname
penny, alluding to the
British coin and unit of that name.
Etymology
Image:2005-Penny-Uncirculated-Obverse-cropped.png|A United States cent, or 1¢ or a penny.
Image:Euro 1cent.png|A Euro cent, showing the common reverse side. The obverse side is country-specific.
Etymologically, the word
cent derives from the
Latin word
centum meaning
hundred.
Symbol
Cent amounts between 1 cent and 99 cents are often indicated by the one or two digits followed by the
cent sign, a lower-case letter
c pierced top to bottom by a forward slash or a vertical line:
¢ (2¢, 99¢). Where the cent sign isn't available (Such as in ASCII), a lower-case letter
c on its own is used (2c, 99c). In the
United States and
Canada, the first usage is more common, while in
Australia,
New Zealand and the
Eurozone, the second usage is more common. In South Africa only the latter is ever used. In
spreadsheets, the format $0.99 is common, since it makes it simpler to keep the
decimal points aligned.
It is notable that when written the cent sign follows the amount, versus a larger currency symbol placed at the beginning of the amount. For example 2¢ and $.02.
The symbol "¢" has
Unicode code point U+00A2 (inherited from
Latin-1)
(External Link
), and the decimal representation is 162. In
HTML it can be entered as ¢ or ¢
On most versions of the
Microsoft Windows operating system, the symbol "¢" can be made in
ANSI by holding the ALT key and typing the number 155 (ALT + 155) (or Alt + 0162) on the
ten-key number pad. However, this method won't necessarily work on systems set for other than Western European regional settings (for example, it won’t produce the
¢ on Central European, Cyrillic or Greek
Input-method editors). On most any version of
Mac OS and
Mac OSX, use Option + 4 on the
number row.
The cent sign isn't to be confused with the
colón sign ₡, which has a code point
U+20A1 in
Unicode (or 8353 in decimal); or the
cedi sign ₵, which has a code point
U+20B5 in
Unicode (or 8373 in decimal).
Usage
Mints all over the
world usually create coins with values up to between the equivalent of 0.1 ~ 10
U.S. dollars, while reserving
banknotes for higher values. As
inflation lowers the value of currencies, many have replaced the lowest-valued banknotes with coins (
Canadian dollar,
Australian dollar,
pound sterling,
euro), removed the lowest-valued coins from circulation, and/or introduced higher-valued bills. The U.S. dollar is a notable holdout, using a $1 bill along with a (less-popular) coin, where all other industralized nations use solely a coin for the approximate equivalent value.
Other monetary unit subdivision
systems are possible, such as the old
pound sterling, which until
decimalisation in
1971 was subdivided into 20
shillings (
s) or into 240
old pence (
d).
Examples of currencies around the world featuring cents, or related words from the same root such as
centimo,
centesimo,
sen, are:
Examples of currencies which don't feature cents
Czech koruna - divided into 100 haléřů (sg.: haléř)
Indian rupee - divided into 100 paise
Kuwaiti dinar - divided into 1000 fils
Mauritanian ouguiya - divided into 5 khoums
Malagasy ariary - divided into 5 iraimbilanja
Pakistani rupee - divided into 100 paise
Polish złoty - divided into 100 groszy
Pound sterling - divided into 100 pence
Romanian leu - divided into 100 bani
Russian ruble - divided into 100 kopeks
Serbian dinar - divided into 100 paras
Swiss franc - divided into 100 rappen
Thai baht - divided into 100 satang
Vietnamese đồng - 10 hào or 100 xu/su.
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