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Currency Symbols (Unicode block)
Unicode character block

Currency Symbols is a Unicode block containing characters for representing unique monetary signs. Many currency signs can be found in other Unicode blocks, especially when the currency symbol is unique to a country that uses a script not generally used outside that country.

The display of Unicode currency symbols among various typefaces is inconsistent, more so than other characters in the repertoire. The French franc sign (U+20A3) is typically displayed as a struck-through F, but various versions of Garamond display it as an Fr ligature. The peseta sign (U+20A7), inherited from code page 437, is usually displayed as a Pts ligature, but Roboto displays it as a Pt ligature and Arial Unicode MS displays it as a partially struck-through P. The rupee sign (U+20A8) is usually displayed as an Rs digraph, but Microsoft Sans Serif uses the quantity-neutral "Rp" digraph instead.

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Block

Currency Symbols[1][2]Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+20Ax
U+20Bx
U+20Cx
Notes1.^ As of Unicode version 16.02.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Currency Symbols block:

VersionFinal code points1CountUTC IDL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
1.0.0U+20A0..20AA11(to be determined)
L2/19-010"Representative glyph for U+20A9 ₩ WON SIGN", Comments on Public Review Issues (Sept 14, 2018 - January 11, 2019), 2019-01-11
2.0U+20AB1N1092REncoding the Vietnamese currency symbol in the BMP [UTC/1995-014], 1995-03-06
N1203Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1995-05-03), "6.1.2.1", Unconfirmed minutes of SC2/WG2 Meeting 27, Geneva
UTC/1995-xxx"Proposal from TCVN/TCI on Vietnamese Currency Symbol Dong", Unicode Technical Committee Meeting #65, Minutes, 1995-06-02
N1232Usage of Dong Symbol, 1995-06-20
N1315Updated Table of replies and national body feedback on pDAM7 - Additional characters (SC2 N2656), 1996-01-09
N1539Table of Replies and Feedback on Amendment 7 – Hebrew etc., 1997-01-29
L2/97-127N1563Paterson, Bruce (1997-05-27), Draft Report on JTC1 letter ballot on DAM No. 7 to ISO/IEC 10646-1 (33 additional characters)
N1572Paterson, Bruce (1997-06-23), Almost Final Text – DAM 7 – 33 additional characters
L2/97-288N1603Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "5.3.3", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997
2.1U+20AC1N1567Ross, Hugh McGregor (1997-06-06), The Euro Currency Symbol
L2/97-081N1566Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-06-23), EURO in ISO 10646
L2/97-288N1603Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "8.24.3", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997
L2/98-004RN1681Text of ISO 10646 – AMD 18 for PDAM registration and FPDAM ballot, 1997-12-22
L2/98-318N1894Revised text of 10646-1/FPDAM 18, AMENDMENT 18: Symbols and Others, 1998-10-22
3.0U+20AD1L2/98-061N1720 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1998-02-27), KIP SIGN - Laotian Currency Sign
L2/98-070Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold, "4.C.2", Minutes of the joint UTC and L2 meeting from the meeting in Cupertino, February 25-27, 1998
L2/98-286N1703Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1998-07-02), "8.15", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting #34, Redmond, WA, USA; 1998-03-16--20
L2/98-321N1905Revised text of 10646-1/FPDAM 23, AMENDMENT 23: Bopomofo Extended and other characters, 1998-10-22
U+20AE1L2/98-360N1857Sato, T. K. (1998-08-15), Addition of Tugrik sign on ISO/IEC 10646-1
L2/98-372N1884R2 (pdf, doc)Whistler, Ken; et al. (1998-09-22), Additional Characters for the UCS
L2/98-329N1920Combined PDAM registration and consideration ballot on WD for ISO/IEC 10646-1/Amd. 30, AMENDMENT 30: Additional Latin and other characters, 1998-10-28
L2/99-010N1903 (pdf, html, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1998-12-30), "8.2.13", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 35, London, U.K.; 1998-09-21--25
U+20AF1L2/99-025N1946Everson, Michael (1999-01-20), Addition of the DRACHMA SIGN to the UCS
L2/99-077.1N1975Irish Comments on SC 2 N 3210, 1999-01-20
N2021Paterson, Bruce (1999-04-05), FPDAM 30 Text - Additional Latin and other char.
L2/99-232N2003Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1999-08-03), "6.1.4 and 7.2.1.3", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 36, Fukuoka, Japan, 1999-03-09--15
L2/00-010N2103Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2000-01-05), "6.4.5", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 37, Copenhagen, Denmark: 1999-09-13—16
L2/10-253N3866Everson, Michael (2010-07-19), Proposal to change the glyph of the DRACHMA SIGN
3.2U+20B01L2/98-309Dünßer, Elmar (1998-09-10), "Script D Symbol with Tail" alias "German Penny Symbol"
L2/98-419 (pdf, doc)Aliprand, Joan (1999-02-05), "Symbol D with a Tail/German Penny Symbol", Approved Minutes -- UTC #78 & NCITS Subgroup L2 # 175 Joint Meeting, San Jose, CA -- December 1-4, 1998
L2/00-092N2188Freytag, Asmus (2000-03-14), Proposal to add German Penny Symbol
L2/00-234N2203 (rtf, txt)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2000-07-21), "8.8", Minutes from the SC2/WG2 meeting in Beijing, 2000-03-21 -- 24
L2/01-050N2253Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2001-01-21), "7.21", Minutes of the SC2/WG2 meeting in Athens, September 2000, Disposition: Accept name change from GERMAN PENNY SYMBOL to GERMAN PENNY SIGN
U+20B11L2/98-361N1858Sato, T. K. (1998-08-21), Addition of Peso sign on ISO/IEC 10646-1
L2/99-010N1903 (pdf, html, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1998-12-30), "8.2.13", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 35, London, U.K.; 1998-09-21--25
N2040Sato, Takayuki K. (1999-06-10), Peso sign
L2/00-010N2103Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2000-01-05), "8.3", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 37, Copenhagen, Denmark: 1999-09-13—16
L2/00-013N2156Sato, T. K. (2000-01-06), Peso sign and Peseta sign (U-20A7)
L2/00-053N2161Sato, T. K. (2000-02-20), Peso -- Character sample
L2/00-234N2203 (rtf, txt)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2000-07-21), "8.6", Minutes from the SC2/WG2 meeting in Beijing, 2000-03-21 -- 24
L2/00-115R2Moore, Lisa (2000-08-08), "Motion 83-M2", Minutes Of UTC Meeting #83
4.1U+20B2..20B32L2/03-095N2579Everson, Michael (2003-02-24), Proposal to encode the GUARANI SIGN and the AUSTRAL SIGN in the UCS
U+20B4..20B52L2/04-139N2743Everson, Michael (2004-04-23), Proposal to encode the HRYVNIA SIGN and the CEDI SIGN in the UCS
5.2U+20B61L2/07-332N3387Sewell, David R. (2007-11-24), Proposal to encode the Livre Tournois sign in the UCS
L2/08-003Moore, Lisa (2008-02-14), "Livre Tournois Sign", UTC #114 Minutes
L2/08-318N3453 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-08-13), "M52.20c", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 52
U+20B71L2/08-115N3390Everson, Michael (2008-03-06), Proposal to encode the Esperanto SPESMILO SIGN in the UCS
L2/08-318N3453 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-08-13), "M52.20d", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 52
L2/08-161R2Moore, Lisa (2008-11-05), "Consensus 115-C28", UTC #115 Minutes
U+20B81L2/08-116N3392Everson, Michael (2008-03-06), Proposal to encode the Kazakh TENGE SIGN in the UCS
L2/08-318N3453 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-08-13), "M52.20e", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 52
L2/08-161R2Moore, Lisa (2008-11-05), "Kazakh Tenge Sign", UTC #115 Minutes
6.0U+20B91N3868Deka, Rabin (2010-07-15), Letter in support of India's National Currency Symbol
L2/10-251Deka, Rabin (2010-07-16), Proposal to Encode India's National Currency Symbol
L2/10-249RN3862REverson, Michael (2010-07-19), Proposal to encode the INDIAN RUPEE SIGN in the UCS
L2/10-258N3887Lata, Swaran (2010-07-19), Proposal to encode the Indian Rupee Symbol in the UCS
N3869Proposal Summary Form for Indian Rupee Symbol, 2010-07-20
L2/10-299RAnderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2010-08-06), "RUPEE currency sign", Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC
L2/10-221Moore, Lisa (2010-08-23), "D.2", UTC #124 / L2 #221 Minutes
N3903 (pdf, doc)"M57.02a", Unconfirmed minutes of WG2 meeting 57, 2011-03-31
6.2U+20BA1L2/11-353Moore, Lisa (2011-11-30), "C.8", UTC #129 / L2 #226 Minutes
L2/12-117N4258REverson, Michael (2012-04-17), Proposal to encode the Turkish Lira Sign
L2/12-132N4273Uluırmak, Sacit (2012-04-27), Proposal to Encode the Turkish Lira Symbol in the UCS
L2/12-112Moore, Lisa (2012-05-17), "C.5", UTC #131 / L2 #228 Minutes
N4353 (pdf, doc)"M60.01", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60, 2013-05-23
7.0U+20BB1L2/12-242N4308Evensen, Nina Marie; Anderson, Deborah (2012-07-24), Proposal for one historic currency character, MARK SIGN
L2/12-239Moore, Lisa (2012-08-14), "C.10", UTC #132 Minutes
L2/12-371N4377Suignard, Michel (2012-10-24), Disposition of comments on SC2 N 4239 (PDAM2.2 text to ISO/IEC 10646 3rd edition)
L2/12-343R2Moore, Lisa (2012-12-04), "Consensus 133-C10", UTC #133 Minutes, Change the name of U+20BB MARK SIGN to NORDIC MARK SIGN.
N4353 (pdf, doc)"M60.05d", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 60, 2013-05-23
U+20BC1L2/11-231RYevstifeyev, Mykyta (2011-08-05), Revised Proposal to encode Azerbaijani manat sign in the UCS (minor update)
L2/11-366Pentzlin, Karl (2011-10-21), Additional evidence for the Azerbaijan Manat symbol as proposed in L2/11-231R
L2/11-420N4163Pentzlin, Karl (2011-10-31), Letter from Central Bank of Azerbaijan Regarding Manat Sign
L2/12-047N4168Proposal to add the currency sign for the Azerbaijani Manat to the UCS, 2011-11-10
L2/13-180N4445Pentzlin, Karl (2013-06-10), Proposal to add the currency sign for the Azerbaijani Manat to the UCS
L2/13-132Moore, Lisa (2013-07-29), "Consensus 136-C5", UTC #136 Minutes, Accept U+20BC MANAT SIGN for encoding in Unicode 7.0
N4403 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-01-28), "10.3.8 Azerbaijani Manat currency sign", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14
U+20BD1L2/14-039N4529Proposal to add the currency sign for the RUSSIAN RUBLE to the UCS, 2014-01-21
L2/14-053Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurențiu (2014-01-26), "24", Recommendations to UTC #138 February 2014 on Script Proposals
L2/13-235R2N4512R2Everson, Michael (2014-02-04), Proposal to encode the RUBLE SIGN in the UCS
L2/14-026Moore, Lisa (2014-02-17), "E.1.2", UTC #138 Minutes
N4553 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-09-16), "M62.02a, M62.02e", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 62 Adobe, San Jose, CA, USA
8.0U+20BE1L2/14-170Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurențiu (2014-07-28), "14", Recommendations to UTC #140 August 2014 on Script Proposals
L2/14-161RN4593Shermazanashvili, Giorgi (2014-08-14), Adding Georgian Lari currency sign
L2/14-177Moore, Lisa (2014-10-17), "Adding Georgian Lari currency sign (E.2)", UTC #140 Minutes
L2/15-168Shermazanashvili, Giorgi (2015-07-06), The Lari Symbol: Implementation Principles and Supplementary Manual
L2/15-204Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2015-07-25), "12. Currency Symbols", Recommendations to UTC #144 July 2015 on Script Proposals
L2/15-187Moore, Lisa (2015-08-11), "B.13.3.1", UTC #144 Minutes
L2/16-052N4603 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2015-09-01), "M63.11q", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 63
N4739"6.3 E3", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 64, 2016-08-31
10.0U+20BF1L2/11-129van Geloven, Sander (2011-03-24), Addition of Bitcoin Sign
L2/11-116Moore, Lisa (2011-05-17), "C.14", UTC #127 / L2 #224 Minutes
L2/15-229Shirriff, Ken (2015-10-02), Proposal for addition of bitcoin sign
L2/15-312Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2015-11-01), "9. Bitcoin", Recommendations to UTC #145 November 2015 on Script Proposals
L2/15-254Moore, Lisa (2015-11-16), "E.2", UTC #145 Minutes
L2/19-243N5106Suignard, Michel (2019-06-20), "E1", Disposition of comments on ISO/IEC CD.2 10646 6th edition
14.0U+20C01L2/20-261Proposal to add the currency sign for the KYRGYZ SOM, 2020-07-10
L2/20-250Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Constable, Peter; Liang, Hai (2020-10-01), "19. Currency Symbol", Recommendations to UTC #165 October 2020 on Script Proposals
L2/20-237Moore, Lisa (2020-10-27), "Consensus 165-C20", UTC #165 Minutes

References

  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names