The dollar has it, the yen has it ... and now the ruble will get it too: a currency symbol. In the past 10 to 20 years quite a few existing or new currencies, including the euro and the Indian rupee, got their own "logo", and this week the Russian central bank presented the ruble symbol. Two parallel lines are certainly popular these days. More information in English is here: http://www.cbr.ru/eng/today/?Prtid=voterub Christian
