>>>>If you go to a international design, the symbol may be placed after the value.
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>>>May? Must. Actually, the dollar is the only currency I know of where the unit goes before the value. Saying $4 always sounded to me like saying kg5 instead of 5kg.
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>>really? The pound sign, the euro sign, and the old guilder sign usually are all place before the number. I cannot think of a an example of the reverse.
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>And things get confusing too with common usage. In the USA, it's common to write dollar symbol before the amount -- however when read it's stated after. For example one would write $123.45, but when read aloud it is "one hundred twenty-three dollars and forty-five cents" When writing dollar amounts one typically writes the units before the number, but when referring to amounts expressed in cents, then it is written afterwards -- thus you might see signs that read "Lemonade 15¢"


Then the bad news is that it is not common to use ¢ or something similar for EUR. It's just something like 0,nn or -,nn (place € where you like). Even the use of cent in amounts expressed vocaly may be skiped [Ein]hundert[und]drei euro Fünfundvierzig will do.