Currency symbols

From: Torsten Mohrin (mohrin@sharmahd.com)
Date: Mon Jun 28 1999 - 08:46:12 EDT

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I would like to discuss some currency symbols that are not explictly
encoded in Unicode. Maybe most of these symbols are _not_ candidates
for inclusion in Unicode. Any comments (or corrections)?

1) Quetzal
Currency of Guatemala. ISO code is GTQ. Symbol is Q. _But_ I also
found a slashed Q in a dictionary of abbrevations. Could be encoded as
U+0051 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q + U+0338 COMBINING LONG SOLIDUS OVERLAY.

2) Guaranė
Currency of Paraguay. ISO code is PYG. Symbol is a dashed G or slashed
G. Could be encoded as U+0047 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G + U+0336
COMBINING LONG STROKE OVERLAY or U+0047 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G +
U+0338 COMBINING LONG SOLIDUS OVERLAY or maybe as U+01E4 LATIN CAPITAL
LETTER G WITH STROKE.

3) Austral
Former currency of Argentina (-1991). ISO code was ARA. Symbol is a
double dashed A. Cannot be encoded with a combination of existing
Unicode characters.

4) Cedi
Currency of Ghana. ISO code is GHC. Symbol is a slashed C. Could be
encoded as U+0043 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C + U+0338 COMBINING LONG
SOLIDUS OVERLAY or U+20A1 COLON SIGN. But the colon sign has a double
slash. Glyph variants?

5) Peso
Currency of Philippines. ISO code is PHP. Symbol is a dashed P. Could
be encoded as U+0050 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P + U+0338 COMBINING LONG
SOLIDUS OVERLAY or U+20A7 PESETA SIGN. But the peseta sign has a
double dash. Glyph variants?

Torsten

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