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{{short description|Currency sign for the Russian ruble (₽)}}
{{Infobox currency sign
|mark=₽
| currency = Russian ruble
|unicode={{unichar|20BD|ruble sign|html=}}
|different from={{big|₱}} ([[Finance:Philippine peso sign|Philippine peso sign]])
}}
The '''ruble sign''', <big>{{char|₽}}</big>, <!-- Please leave this (big) markup because the alternative mono template uses a font on Android mobiles that that does not have this glyph --> is the currency sign used for the Russian ruble, the official [[Finance:Currency|currency]] of {{wipe|Russia}}. Its form is a Cyrillic letter Р with an additional horizontal stroke.{{efn|The cyrillic letter {{char|Р}} commonly represents the alveolar trill {{IPA|/r/}}, roughly like the "rolled" sound like the Scottish pronunciation of ⟨r⟩ in "cu'''r'''d".}} The design was approved on 11 December 2013 after a public poll that took place a month earlier.<ref name="Business Insider">{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-introduces-new-currency-symbol-2013-12|title=Currency Geeks Rejoice, Russia Has A New Symbol For The Rouble|publisher=Business Insider}}</ref>  

In Russian orthography, the sign almost always follows the number (the monetary value), and in many cases there is a space between the two. In English orthography, it usually precedes the number.

== History ==
[[File:Знаки-финалисты конкурса Банка России на символ рубля.jpg|thumb|The five final options in the public poll on the website of Central Bank of Russia. The second of these was chosen.]]
In the 18th and 19th centuries there was a symbol for the Russian ruble consisting of lower case Cyrillic letters — a rotated '''р''' on a '''у'''. In the 20th century '''р.''' was used to abbreviate the ruble.

The debates about adopting a national currency symbol for the Russian ruble began nearly from the start of Russia's transition to a market economy and its economic integration into the global market in the 1990s, soon after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The idea was to reach the same level of recognition and therefore of influence as well-known currency signs such as $ (the US dollar), € (the [[Finance:Euro|euro]]), ¥ (the [[Finance:Renminbi|Chinese yuan]] or the [[Finance:Japanese yen|Japanese yen]]) and £ (the [[Finance:Pound sterling|Pound sterling]]). There were several contests to choose the ruble sign, hosted by different organizations. However, the Central Bank of Russia did not adopt one of the winning symbols from these early contests.

In 2007, a group of Russian design bureaus and studios proposed to use ₽, the stroked Cyrillic letter Р to represent the ruble. Soon after, many electronic retailers, restaurants and cafés started to use the sign unofficially. It became very popular and was widely used as a de facto standard.

In November 2013, the Central Bank of Russia finally decided to adopt a national currency sign. It placed a public poll on its website with five pre-chosen options. 

[[File:RR5709-0001R.jpg|thumb|A Russian one ruble coin from a special series featuring the ruble sign|100px]]
The design provided earlier by the design community that was informally yet widely used (₽) was on the poll's list and got the most votes. On 11 December 2013, ₽ was approved as the official sign for the Russian Federation's ruble.<ref name="Business Insider"/>

==Coding==
The international three-letter code (according to [[Organization:International Organization for Standardization|International Organization for Standardization (ISO)]] standard [[ISO 4217]]) for the ruble is '''RUB'''. In [[Unicode]], it is encoded at {{unichar|20BD|ruble sign|html=}}.

It can be entered on a Russian computer keyboard as {{keypress|AltGr|8}} on [[Software:Windows|Windows]] and [[Software:Linux|Linux]], or {{keypress|AltGr|Р}} (Qwerty {{keypress|⌥|H}} position) on [[Software:MacOS|macOS]].

== Other uses of the symbol ==
The cryptocurrency [[Finance:Petro (cryptocurrency)|Petro]], backed by government of Venezuela, uses the same symbol as the Ruble, although usually with a rounder upper part (<span style="background-color: white;">&nbsp;[[File:Petro sign.svg|8px]]&nbsp;</span>). A currency symbol used in the ''Pokémon'' media franchise is visually similar to the Ruble sign but instead has two strokes (<span style="background-color: white;">&nbsp;[[File:Pokémon Dollar sign.svg|8px]]&nbsp;</span>).

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== References ==
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