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Colón (currency)

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Colón
In UnicodeU+20A1 COLON SIGN
Currency
CurrencyCosta Rican colón, Salvadoran colón
Category

The colón () refers to two Central American currencies:

Symbol

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The symbol for the colón is "₡", written as a capital letter C crossed by two diagonal strokes. In Unicode, it is at code point U+20A1 COLON SIGN and may be typed on many English language Microsoft Windows keyboards with the shortcut ALT+8353.