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Currency symbol

A currency symbol is like a label that stands for a certain type of money. A currency symbol might look like a letter, or it could look like a special picture. For example, the currency symbol for the US dollar is "$", the Japanese yen symbol is "¥", and the Euro symbol is "€". You can use these symbols to identify different types of money.
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