Template talk:Dollar sign

Correction request for AUD (Australian dollar)
For the Australian dollar (AUD), please change the template result from AU$ to A$. Consensus from the recent (plus earlier-referenced) discussion at WP:AWNB indicates that AU$ is not supported. Dl2000 (talk) 01:39, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Dl2000 (talk) 01:39, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Personally, I think a change like this should be discussed somewhere more central than AWNB. One of the MoS talk pages would be appropriate. HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   04:06, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
 * More then AWNB? It really affects Australia not bloody the US, UK or NZ, fact is AUD is A$ though the media incorrectly use AU$. Bidgee (talk) 05:11, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
 * It makes sense that the manual of style should be updated first (or at the same time) as this template so that they are not inconsistent. Obviously a consensus of Australian editors would carry a lot of weight in such a discussion, but remember that these articles must be comprehensible to any reader in the world and so the symbol used should be easily recognisable. I'm sure you are familiar with A$ as a symbol of your currency, but personally (as a non-Australian) it would be clearer to have AU or AUD because a single letter A could potentially relate to another country beginning with A (Algerian dollars? Albanian dollars?). So I do feel this needs some wider discussion. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:29, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
 * That's Albanian lek and Algerian dinar, by the way, neither of which indicates use of A$. Australia is the only nation beginning with 'A' whose currency is called a dollar per ISO 4217 list. Given that the template uses other very short forms such as, this proposal shouldn't be controversial. Dl2000 (talk) 23:49, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Furthermore, the template generates a link to the specified currency's page, a feature which should provide plenty of comprehension for readers. Dl2000 (talk) 00:51, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

I support Dl2000's request to change the Australian dollar to be 'A$'. Each country's project is free to recommend the currency style that it prefers as long as it fits in the general outline given in Manual_of_Style_(dates_and_numbers). If the Australian project recommends 'A$' then people are free to ignore any templates and just insert 'A$' into articles. That is, by not changing, you are not stopping editors from using 'A$', but rather you are just stopping them from using an otherwise useful template. It would be much better if we make the template do the correct thing. Disclaimer: I am an Australian that has lived and worked in multiple countries programming EFTPOS and transit fare systems (ie I deal with multiple currencies professionally). Cheers.  Stepho  (talk) 07:35, 18 November 2010 (UTC)


 * It does seem to be correct. If it matters, the person who wrote the template to use AU$ in the first place is also Australian, though he hasn't edited in quite a while so might not be helpful to ask why he did it.  Does anyone else know?  Why would AU$ be used in the first place if it's wrong?  It's not easy to search in Google for "AU$" because it ignores the dollar sign.  Most online currency exchange sites seem to dispense with the dollar sign entirely and just use USD, CAD, AUD, etc.   —  Soap  —  10:55, 18 November 2010 (UTC)


 * There are currently 3 templates. and  have hardcoded 'A$' and 'AU$' respectively. Only  uses the  template and currently produces 'AU$' - this is the one we want to correct. I'm hoping to delete the other 2 templates but that is an issue to discuss elsewhere. ISO 4217 allows for the 2 letter country code from ISO 3166 ('AU') to be used with the single character currency symbol ('$') instead of the 3 letter 'AUD'. Australian newspapers use '$' and 'A$' but very, very rarely can also use 'AUD' and 'AU$'. All 4 are correct in the right context. However, the Australian project has settled on 'A$' as the single, preferred variant to use. A lot of templates are created on a whim and are not maintained very well, so they do not neccessarily reflect consensus. I'm hoping to bring all the currency templates up to scratch, hopefully using  at their core.   Stepho   (talk) 12:41, 18 November 2010 (UTC)


 * ✅ Done. If for some reason this turns out to be a bad idea, it can be undone easily.  —  Soap  —  01:24, 20 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you - much appreciated.  Stepho   (talk) 03:52, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 26 November 2015
Should all pages listed on ISO 4217 be used in the template?

–Aidan721 (talk) 02:40, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
 * How is this an edit request? Jimp 04:28, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
 * User:Jimp, I am suggesting that all currency systems listed there should be included. –Aidan721 (talk) 17:09, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
 * You could add additional currencies by editing Template:Dollar sign/name and Template:Dollar sign/symbol as these subtemplates are not protected. But I wouldn't advise adding them unless they are actually going to be used somewhere. Regards &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 14:13, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 7 December 2017
At the third line, add this: stranger195 (talk • contribs • guestbook) 11:51, 7 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:07, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Mexican peso error?
When doing the template, it pulls instead of the correct sign, MXN$. Why does it do this? MX ( ✉  •  ✎  ) 15:55, 12 February 2019 (UTC)


 * I would guess that the original writer of this template copied 'N$' from Mexican peso. 'MXN' is of course straight from ISO 4217. 'MXN$' is definitely wrong (although it is probably used by many people regardless). However, 'Mex$' is also shown at Mexican peso - I don't know if that is official or not. Another often used (but also unofficial) formula for currencies is to use the 2-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for ('MX' for Mexico) with the currency symbol to make 'MX$'. I no longer have the ISO documents that I used to have, so we should ask at Mexican peso what the official code is besides MXN.  Stepho  talk 10:50, 13 February 2019 (UTC)


 * The fine people at Talk:Mexican peso/Archives/2019 seem to be ignoring us. If they care so little to give no reply in the next couple of days then I will just change it to MX$. I have also asked the same question at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mexico  Stepho  talk 21:58, 17 February 2019 (UTC)


 * why not "MXN$" which combines its ISO code w/ its symbol. Using "MX" is clear, but it doesn't have any connection to the currency. DKAllen78 22:30 22 March 2019 (CST)


 * The common forms are the nationally used symbols if distinct from other countries (eg N$ but not $), the ISO 4217 code (eg MXN) or the 2-letter country code (eg MX) with the single symbol (eg $) to make MX$. I have never seen the 2-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (eg MX) combined with the multi-character symbols (eg N$) to make a code such as MXN$. I did ask at a number of Mexican WP talk pages but I got no answers at all. so I'd be reluctant to change something not related to my own country without some Mexican input. Also, I found I don't have permission to change it anyway - although I would search for somebody with permission if we had a stronger case.  Stepho  talk 11:37, 23 March 2019 (UTC)