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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 alternate versions of the sign include an Fr ligature (, as originally transcribed in the Unicode standard through version 2.0) and a double-struck through gamma (). 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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History The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Currency Symbols block:
Version Count UTC ID L2 ID WG2 ID Document 1.0.0 U+20A0..20AA 11 (to be determined) 2.0 U+20AB 1 N1092R N1203 N1232 N1315 N1539 N1563 N1572 N1603 2.1 U+20AC 1 N1567 N1566 N1603 N1681 N1894 3.0 U+20AD 1 doc) N1703 N1905 U+20AE 1 N1857 doc) N1920 html, doc) U+20AF 1 N1946 N1975 N2021 N2003 N2103 N3866 3.2 U+20B0 1 doc) N2188 txt) N2253 U+20B1 1 N1858 html, doc) N2040 N2103 N2156 N2161 txt) 4.1 U+20B2..20B3 2 N2579 U+20B4..20B5 2 N2743 5.2 U+20B6 1 N3387 doc) U+20B7 1 N3390 doc) U+20B8 1 N3392 doc) 6.0 U+20B9 1 N3868 N3862R N3887 N3869 doc) 6.2 U+20BA 1 N4258R N4273 doc) 7.0 U+20BB 1 N4308 N4377 doc) U+20BC 1 N4163 N4168 N4445 doc) U+20BD 1 N4529 N4512R2 doc) 8.0 U+20BE 1 N4593 doc) N4739 10.0 U+20BF 1 N5106 14.0 U+20C0 1 17.0 U+20C1 1 18.0 U+20C2 1 U+20C3 1 N5322 U+20C4 1
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