U+00A2 · Latin-1 Supplement

Cent Sign ¢

The cent sign stands for one hundredth of a dollar and is written after the number, as in 99¢. It was once a standard key on US typewriters but disappeared from the modern US keyboard layout, so it now appears mostly on price tags, vending machines, retro packaging, and handwritten signs. It also marks hundredths of other decimal currencies such as the Canadian cent.

WindowsAlt 155 / 0162

MacOption + 4

UnicodeU+00A2

HTML¢

¢U+00A2

Character codes

Unicode code point	`U+00A2`
Decimal	`162`
HTML named entity	`¢`
HTML (hex)	`¢`
HTML (decimal)	`¢`
CSS	`\00A2`
JavaScript	`\u00A2`
Python	`\u00A2`
UTF-8 bytes	`C2 A2`
UTF-16	`00A2`
URL-encoded	`%C2%A2`

Character details

Official name	CENT SIGN
Unicode block	Latin-1 Supplement
General category	Currency Symbol (Sc)
SymbolHero category	Currency Symbols
Emoji	No

How to type ¢

Windows

Hold Alt and type 155 on the numeric keypad (Num Lock on), then release Alt. Alt 155 uses the code page 437.
Hold Alt and type 0162 on the numeric keypad (Num Lock on), then release Alt. Alt 0162 uses the Windows-1252 code page.
In Microsoft Word or Outlook: type 00A2 then press Alt + X.
Open Character Map (search “Character Map” in Start), tick “Advanced view”, search for “cent sign”, then Select and Copy.

Mac

Press Option + 4 (US English keyboard layout).
Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer, search “cent sign”, and double-click the result.
With the Unicode Hex Input keyboard enabled (System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources), hold Option and type 00A2.

iPhone & Android

Tap Copy at the top of this page, then long-press where you want it and choose Paste.

Docs & web

Google Docs: Insert → Special characters, then search “cent sign” or enter U+00A2.
HTML: ¢ or ¢
Excel / Google Sheets: =UNICHAR(162)

Examples

Gumballs 25¢
Everything 99¢
Stamps were 3¢ in 1950
Coffee refill 50¢

Good to know

Don’t mix it up: Often confused with the lowercase c or the Ghanaian cedi sign ₵ (U+20B5), which has a full vertical stroke through a capital C.

Tip: Most modern pricing writes $0.99 instead of 99¢; mixing both forms, such as $0.99¢, is a common error.

Display: the character itself is always the same code point, but its shape comes from the font on the device showing it. If you see an empty box, the font lacks this glyph—the text is still correct.