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| [[Image:1985escudo2.50.jpg|thumb|320px|Cifrão on the reverse of a 2.50 [[Portuguese escudo]] coin]]
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| The '''''cifrão''''' ({{IPA-pt|siˈfɾɐ̃w̃|-|Cifrão.ogg}}) is a [[currency sign]] similar to the [[dollar sign]] ($) but always written with two vertical lines: [[File:Cifrão symbol.svg|15px]]. It is the official sign of the [[Cape Verdean escudo]] ([[ISO 4217]]: CVE) and a common sign of the [[Brazilian real]] ([[currency sign|sign]]: R$; ISO: [[BRL]]).
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| It was formerly used by the [[Portuguese escudo]] (ISO: PTE) before its replacement by the [[euro]] and by the [[Portuguese Timor escudo]] (ISO: TPE) before its replacement by the [[Indonesian rupiah]] and the [[US dollar]].<ref name="LT">Lisbon-tourist-guide.com. "[http://www.lisbon-tourist-guide.com/portuguese-escudo.html Portuguese Escudo]." 2008.</ref> In Portuguese and Cape Verdean usage, the ''cifrão'' is placed as a decimal point between the escudo and [[centavo]] values (e.g., 2<span style="font-family:Bodoni MT, Big Caslon, Garamond, Baskerville, Brush Script MT, STFangsong, STKaiti, STSong, serif">$</span>50).<ref name="Moedas">Banco de Cabo Verde. "[http://www.bcv.cv/vPT/Notas%20e%20Moedas/Moedas/Paginas/Moedas.aspx Moedas]." Accessed 25 Feb 2011.</ref> The name originates in the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] ''cifr.''<ref name="Casa da Moeda">{{cite web|last=Casa da Moeda|title=Origem do Cifrão|url=http://www.casadamoeda.gov.br/portalCMB/menu/cmb/sobreCMB/origem-cifrao.jsp;jsessionid=2A915A883ACE1CED4EE2BADED0990ABA|publisher=Casadamoeda.gov.br|accessdate=12 January 2013}}</ref>
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| ==Character support==
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| Support for the symbol varies. The [[Unicode]] standard currently (2010) considers the distinction between one- and two-bar dollar signs a stylistic distinction between fonts and has no separate value for the ''cifrão''. The [[Mac OS X]] supplies the following fonts containing distinct ''cifrão'' signs:{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} regular-weight [[Baskerville]], [[Big Caslon]], [[Bodoni MT]], [[Brush Script MT]], [[Garamond]], [[STFangsong]], [[STKaiti]], and [[STSong]] (<span style="font-family:Bodoni MT, Big Caslon, Garamond, Baskerville, Brush Script MT, STFangsong, STKaiti, STSong, serif">$</span>). In [[LaTeX]], with the textcomp package installed, the ''cifrão'' (<math>\mathrm{S}\!\!\!\Vert</math>) can be input using the command <code>\textdollaroldstyle</code>.
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| Because of the current difficulty supporting the character, [[$]] is frequently employed in its place even for official purposes.<ref name="Moedas"/><ref>Banco Central do Brasil. "[http://www4.bcb.gov.br/pec/taxas/batch/tabmoedasi.asp?id=curtable Currency table.]" Accessed 24 Feb 2011.</ref>
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| ==Other uses==
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| In Mexico, Colombia and Chile, it was used for dollars, to distinguish from local currency which used the [[peso sign]]. However, the present convention in these countries to use also the peso symbol for dollars, and specify USD (United States Dollars) after the currency is stated.
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| ==References==
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Cifrao}}
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