Generic Currency symbol
Type :generic_currency: · Currency
What ¤ is for
The placeholder currency sign, designed for when a font or system has no glyph for the actual currency. Its whole job is to stand for "money, unspecified", which makes it more useful in forms and templates than in prose.
How to type ¤
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:generic_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 00A4
with Option held.
Windows
No Alt code. In Word, type 00A4 then press Alt +
X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.
Shortcodes
:generic_currency: On the web
HTML ¤
Unicode U+00A4
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