Currency Symbols (Unicode 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.

Currency Symbols
RangeU+20A0..U+20CF
(48 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsCommon
Symbol setsCurrency signs
Assigned33 code points
Unused15 reserved code points
Unicode version history
1.0.0 (1991)11 (+11)
2.0 (1996)12 (+1)
2.1 (1998)13 (+1)
3.0 (1999)16 (+3)
3.2 (2002)18 (+2)
4.1 (2005)22 (+4)
5.2 (2009)25 (+3)
6.0 (2010)26 (+1)
6.2 (2012)27 (+1)
7.0 (2014)30 (+3)
8.0 (2015)31 (+1)
10.0 (2017)32 (+1)
14.0 (2021)33 (+1)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]
UCB currency symbols

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.

Block

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Currency Symbols[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+20Ax
U+20Bx
U+20Cx
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

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

References

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  1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.