Currency exchange symbol

Two banknotes or currency signs with arrows, marking a bureau de change.

Also known as: Bureau de change, Money exchange, Two arrows with money

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Meanings

Two currency signs with crossing arrows mark a bureau de change. The pictogram has to pick particular currencies to draw, which dates it — older signs show currencies that no longer exist.

Common modern usageVerified fact
Marks a facility where one currency may be exchanged for another.
Contexts: Public information
Common modern usageVerified fact
Must depict particular currencies to be legible, which dates the sign: pictograms drawn before 1999 often show currencies the euro replaced.
Contexts: Public information

Visual description

Two currency signs set diagonally opposite one another with a pair of curved arrows circling between them.

Symmetry: none
Orientation: upright

Used alongside: Dollar sign
The pictogram is built from currency signs the catalogue holds separately.

Confidence

IdentityHigh confidence: High confidence because the identity is documented in encyclopedic references.
Historical originModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the historical origin is documented in encyclopedic references, but early or supporting evidence is limited, but the regional or cultural match to this specific claim is not precise.
Current useHigh confidence: High confidence because the current use is documented in encyclopedic references.
Visual matchHigh confidence: High confidence because the visual match is documented in encyclopedic references.

Sources

ISO 7001
Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-08-01
Tertiary reference. Used for what a pictogram depicts and whether a standard covers it; where a standard is named it is reported by this source rather than read, so no meaning is typed `official` on that basis alone.
Bureau de change
Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-08-01
Tertiary reference. Used for what a pictogram depicts and whether a standard covers it; where a standard is named it is reported by this source rather than read, so no meaning is typed `official` on that basis alone.

Last reviewed 2026-07-31

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Meanings

Two currency signs with crossing arrows mark a bureau de change. The pictogram has to pick particular currencies to draw, which dates it — older signs show currencies that no longer exist.

Common modern usageVerified fact

Marks a facility where one currency may be exchanged for another.

Contexts: Public information

Common modern usageVerified fact

Must depict particular currencies to be legible, which dates the sign: pictograms drawn before 1999 often show currencies the euro replaced.

Contexts: Public information

Confidence

IdentityHigh confidence: High confidence because the identity is documented in encyclopedic references.
Historical originModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the historical origin is documented in encyclopedic references, but early or supporting evidence is limited, but the regional or cultural match to this specific claim is not precise.
Current useHigh confidence: High confidence because the current use is documented in encyclopedic references.
Visual matchHigh confidence: High confidence because the visual match is documented in encyclopedic references.

Sources

ISO 7001
Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-08-01
Tertiary reference. Used for what a pictogram depicts and whether a standard covers it; where a standard is named it is reported by this source rather than read, so no meaning is typed `official` on that basis alone.
Bureau de change
Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-08-01
Tertiary reference. Used for what a pictogram depicts and whether a standard covers it; where a standard is named it is reported by this source rather than read, so no meaning is typed `official` on that basis alone.

Last reviewed 2026-07-31

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Visual description

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