What ₲ means
₲ is the official currency sign for Paraguay’s guaraní. Created by government decree on 5 October 1943, the currency replaced the unstable Paraguayan peso to restore economic order and sovereign control over national finance. Banknotes bearing the currency name entered everyday circulation in 1944.
The currency’s name honours the Indigenous Guaraní people. Paraguay is notable for its widespread bilingualism: while Spanish is preferred in commerce and government administration, the Guaraní language is spoken widely across the country and has been an official state language alongside Spanish since 1992.
In everyday writing and digital software, Paraguayan businesses and banks frequently use the abbreviation Gs. or G. when standard keyboards or fonts lack the dedicated ₲ character. The international three-letter banking code is PYG.
Appears in prices, receipts, and financial listings across Paraguay to denote monetary values in guaraní.
A slanted or upright stroke is a typeface styling choice, not a different currency.
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- The guaraní is one of the longest-surviving national currencies in South America, having retained its base name without redenomination since 1943.
Questions people ask
1Does ₲ go before or after the number?
In Paraguayan usage, ₲ or Gs. is written before the numeric amount, usually separated by a space, such as ₲ 50.000.
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- Also called
- Gs. · G. · PYG
- Search it as
- guarani · paraguay currency · crossed g · paraguayan money
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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