Currency Symbols character notes

Updated 20 January, 2020

This page lists characters in the following Unicode block and provides information about them.

This is not authoritative, peer-reviewed information – these are just notes I have gathered and copied from various places.

For further information related to scripts, see the Script links pages.

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Symbols

U+20A0 EURO-CURRENCY SIGN

U+20A1 COLON SIGN

U+20A2 CRUZEIRO SIGN

U+20A3 FRENCH FRANC SIGN

U+20A4 LIRA SIGN

U+20A5 MILL SIGN

U+20A6 NAIRA SIGN

U+20A7 PESETA SIGN

U+20A8 RUPEE SIGN

Hindi, etc. ¤

A symbol not formally tied to any particular currency. (See also [U+20B9 INDIAN RUPEE SIGN].)u

There are also a number of script-specific rupee symbols encoded for historic usage by various scripts of India such as the following:u

Rupee is also the common name for a number of currencies for other countries of South Asia and of Indonesia, as well as several historic currencies. It is often abbreviated using Latin letters, or may be spelled out or abbreviated in the Arabic script, depending on local conventions.u

General sources: Unicode, Wikipedia

U+20A9 WON SIGN

U+20AA NEW SHEQEL SIGN

Hebrew ¤

Displayed to the left of the amount, with no separation or with a thin space, eg. ₪12,000. (Wikipedia says that this requires the sheqel sign to be typed after the amount, however, the opposite is the case for all major browsers.)wp

The denomination is generally expressed by the abbreviation ש״ח, meaning new sheqel, and standing for sheqel ẖadash.wp

General sources: Unicode, Wikipedia

U+20AB DONG SIGN

U+20AC EURO SIGN

U+20AD KIP SIGN

U+20AE TUGRIK SIGN

U+20AF DRACHMA SIGN

U+20B0 GERMAN PENNY SIGN

U+20B1 PESO SIGN

U+20B2 GUARANI SIGN

U+20B3 AUSTRAL SIGN

U+20B4 HRYVNIA SIGN

U+20B5 CEDI SIGN

U+20B6 LIVRE TOURNOIS SIGN

U+20B7 SPESMILO SIGN

U+20B8 TENGE SIGN

U+20B9 INDIAN RUPEE SIGN

Hindi, etc. ¤

Introduced by the Government of India in 2010 as the official currency symbol for the Indian rupee (INR).u

It is distinguished from [U+20A8 RUPEE SIGN], which is an older symbol not formally tied to any particular currency.u Follow that link for more information about the rupee.

General sources: Unicode, Wikipedia

U+20BA TURKISH LIRA SIGN

U+20BB NORDIC MARK SIGN

U+20BC MANAT SIGN

U+20BD RUBLE SIGN

U+20BE LARI SIGN

U+20BF BITCOIN SIGN

References

  1. [ u ] The Unicode Standard v11.0
  2. [ w ] Wikipedia, Currency Symbols
  3. [ wp ] Wikipedia, Hebrew punctuation