What is the money symbol in the us?

The money symbol in the US is for the dollar- it is a capital 'S' with one or two vertical lines through it: $

The dollar sign usually comes before the dollar amount: $12.00 means "twelve dollars".

If an amount is less than a dollar it can be written in 2 ways:

> As a decimal fraction of a dollar, for ex. $0.25 means "1/4 of a dollar" or "25 cents", because the dollar is divided into 100 cents.

> As a whole number with either a small c or (preferably) a "cents sign" after the amount. The cents sign is a c with one vertical line through it. Thus 25 cents could be written as 25¢ (or 25c). [Note - on keyboards without a ¢ sign, you can hold down the ALT key and press 1 5 5 on the right-hand keypad to insert that character!]

Some uneducated people confuse the decimal fraction and cents ways of writing small amounts of money. They'll write something like " 0.25¢" thinking it means "twenty five cents", but that expression really means "25/100 of a cent" !!!