currency symbols

From: Tae Sayama (tsayama@transperfect.com)
Date: Tue Jul 06 1999 - 12:42:03 EDT


Hello...
Could someone answer a question I have regarding the Unicode currency
symbols?
I am doing a research on currency symbols, and am trying to come up with a
comprehensive list of currency symbols (NOT abbreviations, such as FF or
USD) of different countries. I came upon the currency code chart on the
Unicode website, and I have a few questions regarding the nature of these
symbols:
are these symbols actually being used by natives in the country? (do the
French actually recognize and use the sign with the r sumperimposed on the
F?) if not, how did these symbols come into being? who uses them, and in
what context?
Thank you!

Tae



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