🇵🇭 Asia Currency

Philippine Peso Symbol (₱) - PHP Copy, Alt Code & Unicode

Instant copy for the Philippine Peso symbol (₱). ISO 4217 code PHP, Windows Alt code (Alt + 8369), Unicode U+20B1, official sources, and formatting rules.

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Philippine Peso

PHP

Official Currency of Philippines

Technical & Typography Specifications

ISO 4217 Alpha CodePHP

Unicode CodepointU+20B1

HTML Named Entity

Decimal Entity

CSS Content Escape

Minor Fractional UnitCentavo (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 official currency of the Philippines. Represented by a capital "P" crossed by two horizontal lines.

Established in 1852 under Spanish rule, replacing the Real. The symbol was standardized by Executive Order in 1903.

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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 PHP (₱) without corrupting numeric calculations.

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Keyboard Typing Cheat Sheet

Universal shortcuts to type ₱ on Windows (Alt + 8369), Mac, and Linux.

Related Financial & Typographic Terms

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📖 ISO 4217 Standard

The international standard code defining PHP and its numeric ID.

📖 Minor Subunit

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

📖 Fiat Currency

Government-issued sovereign legal tender system.