What ₡ means
It represents the colón, the official currency of Costa Rica. Costa Rica adopted the colón in 1896 to replace the peso, naming it in honour of Cristóbal Colón amid commemorations of his fourth centenary in the Americas. El Salvador also used the colón from 1892 until transitioning to the U.S. dollar starting in 2001, leaving Costa Rica as the primary country circulating colones today.
Standard and unambiguous for Costa Rican currency amounts.
In price writing, is sometimes typed as a substitute when ₡ is not easily accessible.
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsTwelve thousand Costa Rican colones.
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
3Worth knowing
- The currency name colón honours Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus), drawn from fourth-centenary commemorations in the 1890s.
Questions people ask
2Does ₡ go before or after the number?
Usually before the number. In Costa Rica, prices commonly appear as ₡5,000 or ₡2.300, sometimes with a space.
Why do some Costa Rican shops write instead of ₡?
Because ₡ is missing from many standard software keyboards. Local writers often use the easily typed cent sign instead.
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How to type or find ₡
- Also called
- Costa Rican colón symbol · Salvadoran colón sign · colón currency sign
- Search it as
- CRC · colon sign · Costa Rican colon · Salvadoran colon · C with slashes · colon symbol
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
₡\20A1Codes and encoding1 code points
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