🇳🇬 Africa Currency

Nigerian Naira Symbol (₦) - NGN Copy, Alt Code & Unicode

Instant copy for the Nigerian Naira symbol (₦). ISO 4217 code NGN, Windows Alt code (Alt + 8358), Unicode U+20A6, official sources, and formatting rules.

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Nigerian Naira

NGN

Official Currency of Nigeria

Technical & Typography Specifications

ISO 4217 Alpha CodeNGN

Unicode CodepointU+20A6

HTML Named Entity

Decimal Entity

CSS Content Escape

Minor Fractional UnitKobo (1/100)

Grammar & Formatting Standards

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Symbol Placement: Prefix (Before Amount)

Standard representation: ₦100.00. Standard practice places the symbol flush with the numerical digits without spaces.

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History & Etymology

The currency of Nigeria, Africa's largest economy. Represented by capital "N" crossed by two horizontal bars.

Introduced on 1 January 1973 by Chief Obafemi Awolowo, replacing the Nigerian pound at a rate of 2 naira = 1 pound.

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Head-to-head glyph comparison and ISO standard rules.

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Single-Stroke ($) vs. Double-Stroke ($ / Cifrão)

Typographic strokes and historical Lusophone decimal markers.

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Practical Formatting Guides

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Symbol Placement Rules

Learn whether ₦ goes before or after numbers in English and international contexts.

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Excel & Sheets Formatting

How to format cells with NGN (₦) without corrupting numeric calculations.

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Keyboard Typing Cheat Sheet

Universal shortcuts to type ₦ on Windows (Alt + 8358), Mac, and Linux.

Related Financial & Typographic Terms

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📖 ISO 4217 Standard

The international standard code defining NGN and its numeric ID.

📖 Minor Subunit

Fractional division rules (Kobo (1/100)).

📖 Fiat Currency

Government-issued sovereign legal tender system.

Official Standards & Authoritative References

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