Costa Rican Colón Symbol (₡) - CRC Copy, Alt Code & Unicode
Instant copy for the Costa Rican Colón symbol (₡). ISO 4217 code CRC, Windows Alt code (Alt + 8353), Unicode U+20A1, official sources, and formatting rules.
₡
Costa Rican Colón
CRCOfficial Currency of Costa Rica
Technical & Typography Specifications
ISO 4217 Alpha Code
CRCUnicode Codepoint
U+20A1HTML Named Entity
Decimal Entity
CSS Content Escape
Minor Fractional UnitCéntimo (1/100)
Grammar & Formatting Standards
Symbol Placement: Prefix (Before Amount)
Standard representation: ₡100.00. Standard practice places the symbol flush with the numerical digits without spaces.
History & Etymology
Named after Christopher Columbus (Cristóbal Colón in Spanish). Symbolized by C crossed with two diagonal bars.
Created in 1896 to replace the Costa Rican peso.
Head-to-Head Symbol Comparisons
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All Guides →Symbol Placement Rules
Learn whether ₡ goes before or after numbers in English and international contexts.
Excel & Sheets Formatting
How to format cells with CRC (₡) without corrupting numeric calculations.
Keyboard Typing Cheat Sheet
Universal shortcuts to type ₡ on Windows (Alt + 8353), Mac, and Linux.