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I'm Kenyan, and I can tell you that I'm not quite clear on whether it is Kes or Ksh, I use the latter but see Kes used about the place. The symbol they came up with is great and I can see it being widely adopted(looks very much like their own logo:-D). Glad to see a story on Africa, particular Kenya, on the front page of HN that's not about mpesa though what up with the grey on black page? Poor UX


I'm particularly fond of the attention they paid to hand-drawing the symbol, it certainly seems simple and quick.


I just use the ISO 4217 code which is KES.


I learnt Ksh all my life so I assumed it was correct too


LOL at their research. Ksh is not even metioned (or only show in "plural"?).

Also, what's so bad about K$? damn you guys. my country uses two letters before the $ and it's fine.

What's next, going to push a new character set standard?


> Also, what's so bad about K$?

Perhaps the fact that it's a shilling, not a dollar?


Actually, we get $ from the Peso symbol


What exactly is the difference between a "shilling" and a "dollar"?


Roughly the same as the difference between "William" and "Jacob".


that's silly. $ does not stand for dollar.

US$ and more recently USD$ stands for dollar.


No. US$ stands for "US dollar". There are more dollar currencies besides the USD.


United States Dollar Dollar?




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