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generic currency sign

currency sign (U+00A4): generic currency symbol used for an unspecified currency
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Summary

generic currency sign is an Unicode character[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of unicode character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,289 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: Unicode currency sign[3]
  • Commons category: Generic currency sign[4]
  • Unicode character: ¤[5]
  • Different from: currency sign[6]
  • Homoglyph: $[7]
  • Unicode code point: 00A4[8]
  • HTML entity: ¤[9], ¤[10], ¤[11], &curren[12]
  • Unicode block: Latin-1 Supplement[13]
  • Symbol of: currency[14]
  • Unicode character name: CURRENCY SIGN[15]

Why It Matters

generic currency sign has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

currency

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22d ago · Drmccreedy · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Html entity → ¤, ¤, ¤ +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Html entity: &curren"
  2. 13w ago · Verdy p · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → currency sign
    Wikidata description → currency sign (U+00A4): generic currency symbol used for an unspecified currency
    Html entity → ¤, ¤, ¤ +2
    Subclass of → Unicode currency sign
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: currency sign"
  3. 13w ago · Verdy p · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Unicode block → Latin-1 Supplement
    Aliases → —
    Symbol of → currency
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: Unicode character"
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