A non definitive list of 64 html escape characters for currency

by Steve French in Code Review, Code Samples, Uncategorized, Web Services on October 17, 2013

'Currencies on White Background' photo (c) 2011, Images Money - license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/I recently had to integrate html escape characters for currency symbols on a project, and much to my surprise I could not find any good definitive list html escape characters for currency codes. These are also known as escape characters, character entities or extended characters.  I had to find them all more or less one by one.  Here is what I came up with. For some reason WordPress is not letting me post the escape characters as escape characters, so I have attached a simple text file containing a list of 64 html escape characters for currency symbols. Hopefully this will save someone else 45 minutes.

Here is what is in the file – it is in the Name – Abbreviation – Symbol format.

Australian Dollar – AUD – ₳
Barbados Dollar – BBD – $
Bulgarian Lev – BGN – л в
Bermudian Dollar – BMD – $
Brazilian Real – BRL – R$
Belize Dollar – BZD – $
Canadian Dollar – CAD – $
Swiss Franc – CHF – ₣
Chilean Peso – CLP – ₱
Chinese Yuan Renminbi – CNY – ₩
Colombian Peso – COP – ₱
Costa Rican Colon – CRC – ₡
Czech Koruna – CZK – Kč
Danish Krone – DKK – kr
Dominican Peso – DOP – ₱
Egyptian Pound – EGP – £
Euro Dollar – EUR – €
Fiji Dollar – FJD – $
British Pound – GBP – £
Guatemalan Quetzal – GTQ – Q
Hong Kong Dollar – HKD – $
Honduran Lempira – HNL – L
Croatian Kuna – HRK – kn
Hungarian Forint – HUF – Ft
Indonesian Rupiah – IDR – Rp
Israeli New Shekel – ILS – ₪
Indian Rupee – INR – ₨
Iraqi Dinar – IQD – Ű
Iceland Krona – ISK – kr
Jamaican Dollar – JMD – $
Jordanian Dinar – JOD – Дин.
Japanese Yen – JPY – ¥
Kenyan Schilling – KES – KSh
Korean Won – KRW – ₩
Kuwaiti Dinar – KWD – Дин.
Cayman Islands Dollar – KYD – $
Lithuanian Litas – LTL – Lt
Latvian Lats – LVL – Ls
Moroccan Dirham – MAD – MAD
Mexican New Peso – MXN – ₱
Malaysian Ringgit – MYR – R&:#77;
Norwegian Kroner – NOK – kr
New Zealand Dollar – NZD – $
Omani Rial – OMR – ﷼
Peruvian Nuevo Sol – PEN – S/.
Philippine Peso – PHP – ₱
Pakistan Rupee – PKR – ₹
Poland Zloty – PLN – zł
Qatari Rial – QAR – ﷼
Romania New Leu – RON – lei
Russian Rouble – RUB – р&#1091б
Saudi Riyal – SAR – ﷼
Swedish Krona – SEK – kr
Singapore Dollar – SGD – $
Thai Baht – THB – ฿
Turkey Lira – TRY – ₤
Trinidad and Tobago Dollar – TTD – $
Taiwan Dollar – TWD – $
US Dollar – USD – $
Vietnamese Dong – VND – ₫
East Caribbean Dollar – XCD – $
South African Rand – ZAR – R
Bahamas Dollar – BSD – $
Bahrain Dollar – BHD – $