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Cent Sign Symbol ¢

The Cent Sign, a universally recognized symbol, has a special place in the world of money. Particularly in the United States and a few other nations, it serves as an iconic representation of the values of fractional currencies. The cent sign is an essential part of everyday financial transactions, pricing, and economic communication even though it only represents one hundredth of a primary currency unit, frequently the dollar ($). In this article, we'll examine the significance, practicality, and effect of the cent sign on the clarity and precision with which fractional currency values are expressed.

A cent is a unit of currency that is equal to one hundredth of a basic monetary unit in many national currencies.

According to its etymology, the word cent comes from the Latin centum, which means "hundred." 
Commonly, the cent sign is represented by the tiny (lower case) letter C. Depending on the typeface, a vertical line or a diagonal stroke in North America crosses the c to form the character.

The term "penny" refers to the British coin and unit of that name, and is commonly used to refer to the US one cent coin. Australia and Canada both stopped producing their one dollar coins in 1992 and 2012. Some Eurozone nations, most recently Italy in 2018, stopped minting the one euro cent coin.

Minor currency units with other names

Major unitDivided into
Bhutanese ngultrum100 chhertum
Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark100 pfeniga
Botswanan pula100 thebe
British pound100 pence (singular: penny) since Decimal Day, 1971
Bulgarian lev100 stotinki
Cyrillic: стотинки
("hundredths")
Chinese yuan100 fēn (分); in general usage, divided into 10 jiǎo (角).
Croatian kuna100 lipa
Danish krone100 øre
Egyptian pound100 piastres
Estonian mark100 penni (singular: penn)
Gambian dalasi100 bututs
Ghanaian cedi100 pesewas
Indian rupee100 paise
Israeli new shekel100 agorot
Macau pataca100 avos; circulating coins are 10, 20, and 50 avos.
Macedonian denar100 deni
Malawian kwacha100 tambala
Mongolian tögrög100 möngö
Nepalese rupee100 paisa
Pakistani rupee100 paise
Papua New Guinean kina100 toea
Polish złoty100 groszy (singular: grosz)
Qatari riyal100 dirhams
Romanian and Moldovan leu100 bani
Russian ruble100 kopeks
Saudi riyal100 halalas
Serbian dinar100 paras
Swedish krona100 öre
Swiss francGerman: 100 Rappen
French: 100 centimes
Italian: 100 centesimi
Romansch: 100 raps
Thai baht100 satang
Turkish lira100 kuruş
United Arab Emirates dirham100 fils
Ukrainian hryvnia100 kopiyk

Cent Sign Symbol Information

Symbol Name
Cent Sign
Unicode Version
1.1 (June 1993)
Unicode
U+00A2
CSS Code
\00A2
HTML Entity
¢
Hex Code
¢
HTML Code
¢
Latex
\textcent
Alt Code
0162
Symbol
¢

Cent Sign Symbol Encoding

UTF-8
0xC2 0xA2
UTF-16
0x00A2
UTF-32
0x000000A2

Cent SignSymbol's PNG and SVG files

Cent Sign symbol png image
Cent Sign symbol svg image

Cent Sign Symbol in Latex

Cent Sign
1\documentclass{article} 2\begin{document} 3\textcent 4\end{document}

How to add cent sign symbol via keyboard on different Operating systems

You can type the cent sign symbol on most modern devices with the help of following methods:

How to type cent sign symbol on Microsoft Word

You can type the cent sign in Microsoft Word using steps mentioned below:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol and type 00A2
  • Without moving the cursor press keys Alt + x together
  • The original 00A2 is now transformed into ¢

How to type cent sign symbol on Microsoft Windows

You can type the cent sign on Microsoft windows using following steps:

  • Hold Alt and press 0162 to type cent sign on your windows machine.

How to type cent sign symbol on Mac OS

You can type the cent sign on Mac OS using following steps:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol
  • Press Ctrl + ⌘ Command + ⎵ Space to bring up the Character Viewer. Alternatively, choose Edit ⇒ Emoji & Symbols
  • Type "Cent Sign" in the search field at the top and press Enter
  • The symbol should appear. Click on it to insert it into your text
Mac OS Character Viewer
Mac OS Character Viewer

How to type cent sign symbol on Linux

You can type the cent sign on Linux using following steps:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol
  • Hold ⇧ Shift + Ctrl and press the letter + U
  • Press keys 00A2 consecutively
  • And then press ↵ Enter , the desired symbol will be added to your document

How to type cent sign symbol on IOS and Android

The easiest way to type the cent sign symbol on ios and android is to copy and paste it wherever you need it.

How to use cent sign in CSS

//CSS Example
1span { 2 content: \00A2; 3 }

How to use cent sign in HTML

//HTML Example
1<span>&#162;</span>

Cent Sign symbol representation in programming languages

Cent Signsymbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in table below:

LanguageRepresentation
Rust
\u{A2}
Ruby
\u{A2}
Python
\u00A2
PHP
\u{A2}
Perl
\x{A2}
Java
\u00A2
Modern JavaScript - Since ES6
\u{A2}
JavaScript
\u00A2
Go
\u00A2
C#
\u00A2
C and C++
\u00A2
Bash and Zsh - inside echo -e
\u00A2
RFC 5137
\u'00A2'