Shared Currency Symbols

Dollar and Peso

The dollar sign (U+0024) is used for many currencies in Latin America and elsewhere. In particular, this use includes current and discontinued Latin American peso currencies, such as the Mexican, Chilean, Colombian and Dominican pesos. However, the Philippine peso uses a different symbol found at U+20B1.

There are two glyph variants for the Dollar sign, with one or two vertical bars through the S

Yen and Yuan

Like the dollar sign and the pound sign, U+00A5 yen sign has been used as the currency sign for more than one currency. The double-crossbar glyph is the official form for both the yen currency of Japan (JPY) and for the yuan (renminbi) currency of China (CNY). This is the case, despite the fact that some glyph standards historically specified a single-crossbar form.