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Unicode Status for Currency

In The Unicode Standard, Currency symbols are discussed in Chapter 22: Symbols. Currency symbols generally have an inherited script property rather than a specific script property.

The Currency Symbols block was first encoded in The Unicode Standard version 1.1. Since that time the encoding has undergone a number of modifications; the symbols are now encoded in the following blocks:

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionUnicode Charts
C0 Controls and Basic Latin00241.1U0000
C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement00A2..00A51.1U0080
Latin Extended-B01921.1U0180
Arabic060B4.1U0600
Bengali09F2..09F31.1U0980
Gujarati0AF14.0U0A80
Tamil0BF94.0U0B80
Thai0E3F1.1U0E00
Khmer17DB3.0U1780
Currency Symbols20A0..20CF1.1U20A0
Letterlike Symbols21331.1U2100
CJK Unified Ideographs5143, 5186, 5706, 57131.1U4E00
Arabic Presentation Forms-AFDFC3.2UFB50
Halfwidth and Fullwidth FormsFF04, FFE0, FFE1, FFE5, FFE61.1UFF00

Subsequent to version 1.1, the following Currency characters have been added:

CharactersUnicode VersionDocumentation
058F6.1WG2 N3771, L2/10-008
060B4.1WG2 N2640, L2/03-330
09FB5.2WG2 N3311, L2/07-192, L2/08-288
0AF14.0L2/09-331
0BF94.0
17DB3.0
20AB2.0
20AC2.1WG2 N1566.html, L2/97-081 (neither online)
20AD3.0WG2 N1720.doc, L2/98-061
20AE3.0WG2 N1857 (not online), L2/98-360 (not online)
20AF3.0WG2 N1946, WG2 N1946_drachma, L2/99-025, WG2 N3866, L2/10-253
20B03.2WG2 N2188, L2/98-309 (not available online), L2/00-092
20B13.2WG2 N2040.doc, WG2 N2156.doc, L2/00-013, WG2 N2161.doc, L2/00-053
20B2..20B34.1WG2 N2579, L2/03-095
20B4..20B54.1WG2 N2743, L2/04-139
20B65.2WG2 N3387, L2/07-332
20B75.2WG2 N3390, L2/08-115
20B85.2WG2 N3392, L2/08-116
20B96.0L2/10-051, L2/10-251, WG2 N3862, L2/10-249, WG2 N3887, L2/10-258
20BA6.2WG2 N4258, L2/12-117, WG2 N4273, L2/12-132
20BB7.0WG2 N4308, L2/12-242
20BC7.0L2/11-231, L2/11-366, WG2 N4163, L2/11-420, WG2 N4168, L2/12-047, WG2 N4445, L2/13-180
20BD7.0WG2 N4512, L2/13-235, WG2 N4529, L2/14-039
20BE8.0WG2 N4593, L2/14-161, L2/15-168
20BF10.0L2/11-129, L2/15-229
A8385.2WG2 N3334, L2/07-238, WG2 N3367, L2/07-354, L2/07-390
FDFC3.2WG2 N1856 (not online), L2/98-359 (not online), WG2 N2373, L2/01-354

Documentation refers to ISO Working Group and Unicode proposals

A number of proposals for its inclusion have been submitted to the Unicode Technical Committee and WG2:

  • 1997-06-23 Proposal for addition of a new character: EURO SIGN — National bodies of Canada, Finland, Iceland, US, the Unicode Consortium and V.S. Umamaheswaran (expert) (WG2 N1566.html, L2/97-081 (neither online))

  • 1998-02-27 KIP SIGN - Laotian Currency Sign — V.S. Umamaheswaran (WG2 N1720, L2/98-061)

  • 1998-09-10 Proposal to encode the “German Penny Symbol” — Elmar Dünßer (WG2 N2188, L2/98-309 (not available online))

  • 1998-09 Addition of the RIAL sign on ISO 10646 — Japan (WG2 N1856 (not online), L2/98-359 (not online))

  • 1998-09 Addition of Tugrik sign on ISO 10646 — Japan (WG2 N1857 (not online), L2/98-360 (not online)

  • 1998-09 Addition of Peso sign on ISO 10646 — Japan (WG2 N1858 (not online), L2/98-361 (not online)

  • 1999-01-20 Addition of the DRACHMA SIGN to the UCS — ELOT / Everson (WG2 N1946, WG2 N1946_drachma, L2/99-025)

  • 1999-06-10 Peso sign — Philippines and Japan (WG2 N2040.doc)

  • 2000-01-06 Peso sign and Peseta sign (U-20A7) — Takayuki K. Sato (WG2 N2156.doc, L2/00-013)

  • 2000-02-20 Peso -Character sample — Takayuki K. Sato (WG2 N2161.doc, L2/00-053)

  • 2000-03-14 Proposal to add German Penny Symbol — The Unicode Consortium (L2/00-092)

  • 2001-09-20 Proposal to add Arabic Currency Sign Rial to the UCS — Roozbeh Pournader (WG2 N2373, L2/01-354)

  • 2003-02-24 Proposal to encode the GUARANI SIGN and the AUSTRAL SIGN in the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N2579, L2/03-095)

  • 2003-10-01 Revised proposal to encode the AFGHANI SIGN in the UCS — Michael Everson, Roozbeh Pournader (WG2 N2640, L2/03-330)

  • 2004-04-23 Proposal to encode the HRYVNIA SIGN and the CEDI SIGN in the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N2743, L2/04-139)

  • 2004-05-18 Encoding of Devanagari Rupee Sign in Devanagari code block — Gov’t of India (L2/04-236)

  • 2004-05-19 Proposal of Myanmar Currency Sign — Myanmar N B (WG2 N2769, L2/04-199)

  • 2007-07-31 Towards an Encoding for North Indic Number Forms in the UCS — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N3334, L2/07-238)

  • 2007-09-24 Proposal to encode the Livre Tournois sign in the UCS — David R. Sewell (WG2 N3387, L2/07-332)

  • 2007-10-07 Proposal to Encode North Indic Number Forms in ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N3367, L2/07-354)

  • 2007-10-08 Proposal to Encode the Ganda Currency Mark for Bengali in ISO/IEC 10646 — Anshuman Pandey (WG2 N3311, L2/07-192)

  • 2007-10-14 Changes in L2/07-354 North Indic Number Forms (vs. L2/07-139) — Deborah Anderson (L2/07-390)

  • 2008-03-06 Proposal to encode the Esperanto spesmilo sign in the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N3390, L2/08-115)

  • 2008-03-06 Proposal to encode the Kazakh tenge sign in the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N3392, L2/08-116)

  • 2008-08-04 Public Review Issue #123: Bengali Currency Numerator Values — Ken Whistler (L2/08-288)

  • 2009-04-06 Proposal to encode a Florin currency symbol — German N.B. (WG2 N3588, L2/09-113)

  • 2009-10-07 Proposal to Deprecate GUJARATI RUPEE SIGN — Anshuman Pandey (L2/09-331)

  • 2010-01-29 Govt. of India’s inputs on document no. L2/10-029 — Swaran Lata (L2/10-051)

  • 2010-02-10 Proposal to encode an Armenian Dram currency symbol — Karl Pentzlin (WG2 N3771, L2/10-008)

  • 2010-05-03 Additional notes on the Florin symbol — Karl Pentzlin (L2/10-163)

  • 2010-07-16 Proposal to Encode India’s National Currency Symbol — Rabin Deka (L2/10-251)

  • 2010-07-19 Proposal to encode the INDIAN RUPEE SIGN in the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N3862, L2/10-249)

  • 2010-07-19 Proposal to change the glyph of the DRACHMA SIGN — Michael Everson (WG2 N3866, L2/10-253)

  • 2010-08-04 How to Pick a Representative Glyph for a New Currency Symbol — Ken Whistler, Asmus Freytag (L2/10-289)

  • 2010-08-09 Comment on L2/10-230, Proposal to encode a modifier letter used in French abbreviations in the UCS — Eric Muller (L2/10-315)

  • 2010-09-01 Proposal to encode the Indian Rupee Symbol in the UCS — Gov’t of India / Swaran Lata (WG2 N3887, L2/10-258)

  • 2011-03-24 Addition of Bitcoin Sign — Sander van Geloven (L2/11-129)

  • 2011-08-05 Revised Proposal to encode Azerbaijani manat sign in the UCS (minor update) — Mykyta Yevstifeyev (L2/11-231)

  • 2011-10-18 Proposal to encode historic currency signs of Russia in the UCS — Yuri Kalashnov, Ilya Yevlampiev, Karl Pentzlin, Roman Doroshenko (WG2 N4208, L2/11-273)

  • 2011-10-21 Additional evidence for the Azerbaijan Manat symbol — Karl Pentzlin (L2/11-366)

  • 2011-10-31 Letter from Central Bank of Azerbaijan Regarding Manat Sign — Karl Pentzlin (WG2 N4163, L2/11-420)

  • 2011-11-10 Proposal to add the currency sign for the Azerbaijani Manat to the UCS — German N.B. (WG2 N4168, L2/12-047)

  • 2012-04-17 Proposal to encode the Turkish Lira Sign in the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N4258, L2/12-117)

  • 2012-04-24 Feedback on Early Russian Currency Symbols (L2/11-273=N4208) — Ralph Cleminson, David Birnbaum (L2/12-148)

  • 2012-04-27 Proposal to Encode the Turkish Lira Symbol in the UCS — N. Sacit Uluirmak (WG2 N4273, L2/12-132)

  • 2012-05-06 Notes on the feedback document L2/12-148 regarding Early Russian Currency Symbols (L2/11-273 = WG2 N4208) by Ralph Cleminson and David Birnbaum (dated 2012-04-24) — Karl Pentzlin (L2/12-183)

  • 2012-07-24 Proposal for one historic currency character, MARK SIGN — Nina Marie Evensen, Deborah Anderson (WG2 N4308, L2/12-242)

  • 2012-10-29 Default property values for unassigned code points in the Currency Symbols block — Laurentiu Iancu (L2/12-345)

  • 2013-06-10 Proposal to add the currency sign for the Azerbaijani Manat to the UCS — Karl Pentzlin (WG2 N4445, L2/13-180)

  • 2014-02-04 Proposal to encode the RUBLE SIGN in the UCS — Michael Everson (WG2 N4512, L2/13-235)

  • 2014-02-11 Proposal to add the currency sign for the RUSSIAN RUBLE to the UCS — Russian NB (WG2 N4529, L2/14-039)

  • 2014-08-14 Adding Georgian Lari currency sign — George Melashvili (WG2 N4593, L2/14-161)

  • 2014-07-28 Recommendations to UTC #140 August 2014 on Script Proposals — Deborah Anderson, Ken Whistler, Rick McGowan, Roozbeh Pournader, Laurentiu Iancu (L2/14-170)

  • 2015-07-06 The Lari Symbol: Implementation Principles and Supplementary Manual — National Bank of Georgia / Giorgi Shermazanashvili (L2/15-168)

  • 2015-10-02 Proposal for addition of bitcoin sign — Ken Shirriff (L2/15-229)

    • UTC #145 Minutes (L2/15-254) (See E.2 for decision and action items)

  • 2017-01-31 Proposal to encode Iranian Currency Sign TOMAN to the UCS — Toman O Rial (L2/17-060)

    • Recommendations to UTC #151 May 2017 on Script Proposals (L2/17-153) (See point 18.)

    • UTC #151 Minutes (L2/17-103) (See E.7 for decision and action items)

  • 2019-07-22 Currency signs missing in Unicode — Eduardo Marín Silva (L2/19-291)

    • Recommendations to UTC #161 October 2019 on Script Proposals (L2/19-343) (See point 18.)

    • UTC #161 Minutes (L2/19-323) (See E.2 for decision and action items)

  • 2020-07-10 Proposal to add the currency sign for the KYRGYZ SOM to the UCS — Nat’l Bank of Kyrgyz Rep. (L2/20-261)

    • Recommendations to UTC #165 October 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-250) (See point 19.)

    • UTC #165 Minutes (L2/20-237) (See B.1 for decision and action items — search for SOM SIGN)

  • 2022-04-12 Proposal to add the currency sign for the POLISH ZŁOTY — National Bank of Poland (L2/22-092)

    • Recommendations to UTC #171 April 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-068) (See point 14.)

    • UTC #171 Minutes (L2/22-061) (See D.1 SECTION 14 for decision and action items)

    • Recommendations to UTC #172 July 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-128) (See point 21.)

  • 2024-08-19 Proposal to Encode a Pridnestrovian Ruble Sign (revised) — Ivan Adrianov (L2/24-134)

    • Recommendations to UTC #181 November 2024 on Script Proposals (L2/24-228) (See point 3.1.)

    • UTC #181 Minutes (L2/24-221) (See D.1 3.1 for decision and action items)

  • 2024-12-26 Request for SC2 member comments on proposal to encode Ruble sign with double vertical stem — Peter Constable (L2/24-271)

    • Recommendations to UTC #183 April 2025 on Script Proposals (L2/25-091) (See point 1.1.)

    • UTC #183 Minutes (L2/25-085) (See D.1 1.1 for decision and action items)

  • 2025-01-06 Feedback on L2/24-134 Proposal to Encode a Pridnestrovian Ruble Sign — Andrew West (L2/25-024)

    • Recommendations to UTC #182 January 2025 on Script Proposals (L2/25-010) (See point 6.5.)

    • UTC #182 Minutes (L2/25-003) (See D.1 6.5 for decision and action items)

  • 2025-01-09 Feedback on L2/24-134 Proposal to Encode a Pridnestrovian Ruble Sign in response to L2/24-271 and L2/25-024 — Karl Pentzlin (L2/25-030)

  • 2025-02-20 Proposal to Encode the New Saudi Riyal Symbol — Saleh Saeed Alkatheri (L2/25-073)

    • Recommendations to UTC #183 April 2025 on Script Proposals (L2/25-091) (See point 1.1.)

    • UTC #183 Minutes (L2/25-085) (See D.1 1.1 for decision and action items)

  • 2025-02-21 Proposal to Update the Shape of the Saudi Riyal Symbol (U+FDFC) — Sultan Maqtari (L2/25-074)

    • Recommendations to UTC #183 April 2025 on Script Proposals (L2/25-091) (See point 1.1.)

    • UTC #183 Minutes (L2/25-085) (See D.1 1.1 for decision and action items)

  • 2025-02-24 Unicode request for Saudi riyal sign — Kirk Miller (L2/25-072)

    • Recommendations to UTC #183 April 2025 on Script Proposals (L2/25-091) (See point 1.1.)

    • UTC #183 Minutes (L2/25-085) (See D.1 1.1 for decision and action items)

  • 2025-03-07 Proposal to add the currency sign for the SAUDI RIYAL to the UCS — Saudi Arabian Central Bank (L2/25-075)

    • Recommendations to UTC #183 April 2025 on Script Proposals (L2/25-091) (See point 1.1.)

    • UTC #183 Minutes (L2/25-085) (See D.1 1.1 for decision and action items)

  • 2025-03-10 SEW Recommendations on Encoding the Saudi Riyal Currency Symbol — SEW / Roozbeh Pournader, et al (L2/25-076)

    • Recommendations to UTC #183 April 2025 on Script Proposals (L2/25-091) (See point 1.1.)

    • UTC #183 Minutes (L2/25-085) (See D.1 1.1 for decision and action items)

  • 2025-03-10 Proposal to encode Maldivian Rufiyaa Sign in the Unicode Standard — Naail Abdul Rahman, Abdulla Shafeeu (L2/25-122)

    • Recommendations to UTC #183 April 2025 on Script Proposals (L2/25-091) (See point 5.1.)