Indian Currency Rupee has got its own symbol

[rexertea]

India has become the fifth country in the world to have its own currency symbol. Go through the link to have a look at it.

Breaking news.
http://www.financemagazineonline.com/2010/07/indian-currency-rupee-has-finally-got.html

 

[Corza]

who is going to remember that symbol

 

[Sam!]

who is going to remember that symbol

The 1.2 Billion people who live in India...

 

[kasem]

Lol yeah, it's big news what was their previous symbol?

 

[David]

Lol yeah, it's big news what was their previous symbol?

I think it was just a Rp for rupee.

 

[rexertea]

who is going to remember that symbol

No one has to remember, it's there itched on everyone's mind, like you remember it for a dollar.

 

[barutiwa]

The yen, naira, pound sterling, US dollar and now India. Maybe I should create a symbor for FP$. :lol:

 

[rexertea]

The yen, naira, pound sterling, US dollar and now India. Maybe I should create a symbor for FP$. :lol:

Not a bad idea as such.

 

[kasem]

who is going to remember that symbol

No one has to remember, it's there itched on everyone's mind, like you remember it for a dollar.

I forgot it already. :lol:

 

[Cody]

Imagine being the person to come up with a symbol like that.

 

[Nebulous]

Exciting stuff.

 

[Grumpy]

So they must be like only the fifth or sixth country to have a symbol now?

 

[htb24]

That is actually really cool and rare!

 

[Grumpy]

That is actually really cool and rare!

Of course it's rare, it was created from scratch. :roll:

 

[rexertea]

who is going to remember that symbol

No one has to remember, it's there itched on everyone's mind, like you remember it for a dollar.

I forgot it already. :lol:

Sharpen your memory, please.

 

[Ashish92]

this is a good sign considering that soon plastic money is going to be introduced in India.

 

[htb24]

That is actually really cool and rare!

Of course it's rare, it was created from scratch. :roll:

Lol yeah it's quite an original symbol!

 

[Grumpy]

Of course it is.

 

[Ashish92]

actually it's not quite original.

the symbol is of letter "R" in Devanagari script (which is used for Hindi writing.) with a line cutting it. (quite inspired from Euro.)

 

[htb24]

How can you have plastic money lol that is weird!