Showing amount with currency

Question

what is the best way to show currency with amount in financial applications ??

like,

USD 20.00 || Rs. 100.00 || EUR 50.00 or

20.00 USD || 10.00 Rs. || EUR 50.00 or

USD - 20.00 || Rs. - 10.00 || EUR - 50.00

or something else ???

Thanks

Answer 1

The style guide used by the institutions of the European Union includes rules for expressing monetary units. The most important ones:

• Use the written name ('an amount in euros') when a monetary unit is referred to generally but an amount is not included
• ISO code ‘EUR’ followed by a fixed space and the amount in figures in written text (compulsory in legal texts). (In English, Irish, Latvian and Maltese. In all other official EU languages the order is reversed: 250 EUR).
• The euro sign € is primarily used in graphics. However, its use is also permitted in popular works and promotional publications (e.g. sales catalogues). No space after the euro sign: €35.

My personal preference would be €1.234.567,89 for most texts (that feels most natural and familiar) and 1.234.567,89 EUR for legal/formal documents (or EUR 1.234.567,89 when written in English).

For more details: Complete list of currency formats.

Answer 2

Both are correct way to show currency required that you should remain consistent with one type: go with either USD 20.00 or 20.00 USD and so on..

However i would not recommend to not to go with

USD - 20.00 || Rs. - 10.00 || EUR - 50.00

as this will create conflict between negative and positive currency numbers.

Hope this helps.