Philippine peso sign (₱)
The Philippine peso sign (₱) stands for the peso of the Philippines. Other peso currencies, such as the Mexican peso, are written with the dollar sign ($).
Easily confused with
How to read it
Unicode encodes it as PESO SIGN (U+20B1), with Filipino peso sign as its other name, for the Philippines. Its chart and chapter note that current and discontinued Latin American peso currencies, among them the Mexican, Chilean, Colombian and Dominican pesos, use the dollar sign, while the Philippine peso uses this separate symbol. The ISO 4217 name is Philippine Peso, code PHP; the Mexican peso is MXN (currency codes).
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These describe what each sign means and which currency uses it. They are not financial advice, and they give no prices or exchange rates.
Look-alikes
The ruble sign ₽ is also a crossed P, with one line below the bowl rather than two through it. The peseta sign ₧ (U+20A7), for Spain, is the one Unicode links to the peso sign. The two are easy to mix up: the US Government Publishing Office’s style manual lists ₧ as the symbol for the peso.
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Sources
- Currency Symbols: Range 20A0–20CF (code chart), The Unicode Standard, Version 18.0, Unicode Consortium, 20B1, 20A7
- Chapter 22, Symbols: 22.1 Currency Symbols, The Unicode Standard, Version 18.0, Core Specification, Unicode Consortium, 22.1 Currency Symbols (Dollar and Peso)
- ISO 4217 currency code list (List One), Current currency and funds code list, SIX Financial Information (ISO 4217 Maintenance Agency), Philippines; Mexico
- U.S. Government Publishing Office Style Manual, 2016, GPO Style Manual (2016 edition), U.S. Government Publishing Office, 9.60 (Money)
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