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Colon Currency symbol

Type :colon_currency: · Currency

What ₡ is for

The colón, currency of Costa Rica, a C with two strokes. Named after Columbus, whose Spanish name is Cristóbal Colón.

How to type ₡

The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With Emoji Anywhere installed you can skip all of them and type :colon_currency: in any text field instead, which is the same on every platform.

macOS

No direct shortcut. Use Edit → Emoji & Symbols, or switch to the Unicode Hex Input source and type 20A1 with Option held.

Windows

No Alt code. In Word, type 20A1 then press Alt + X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.

Shortcodes

:colon_currency:

On the web

HTML ₡

Unicode U+20A1

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