PFENNIG SIGN

From: Michael Everson (everson@indigo.ie)
Date: Fri Jul 23 1999 - 06:27:17 EDT


Ar 21:07 -0700 1999-07-22, scríobh Asmus Freytag:

>>> What happened to U+20B0 GERMAN PENNY SYMBOL
>>
>>Where does this symbol come from and what does it look like?
>>Is the proposal and rationale for including it somewhere online?
>>
>>Markus
>>(a poor German who has neither ever seen a German penny symbol anywhere,
>
>You certainly seem to have avoided exposure to all but 100% modern writing.

Asmus. Where is the document discussing this character? I haven't seen the
sign in print either. And who was it came up with the name, which is unlike
all the other currency sign names?

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