Colón (currency)
Two Central American currencies
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The colón (₡) refers to two Central American currencies, both named for Christopher Columbus (Spanish: Cristóbal Colón)[1]:
- the Costa Rican colón (ISO 4217 code: CRC[2]), used in Costa Rica since 1896[citation needed]
- the Salvadoran colón (ISO 4217 code: SVC[2]), used in El Salvador from 1892 until 2001, when it was replaced by the American dollar[citation needed]
InUnicodeU+20A1 ₡ COLON SIGN
CurrencyCosta Rican colón, Salvadoran colón
| ₡ | |
|---|---|
Colón | |
| In Unicode | U+20A1 ₡ COLON SIGN |
| Currency | |
| Currency | Costa Rican colón, Salvadoran colón |
 Category | |
Symbol
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.[3]
The correct way[according to whom?] to write colones is with the symbol before the number (e.g. ₡1).[citation needed]
