Quick answer
Most world currency symbols — including the cent, pound, and yen signs — sit in the Latin-1 range and do have a real legacy Alt code; the euro sign is the well-known exception, living in the Windows-1252 special block instead.
01 Alt codes at a glance
| Character | Windows Alt code | Universal (any codepoint) | Mac | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cent Sign | Alt+0162 |
Alt+X after typing 00A2 (Word) · Ctrl+Shift+U then 00a2 (Linux) |
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| Pound Sign | Alt+0163 |
Alt+X after typing 00A3 (Word) · Ctrl+Shift+U then 00a3 (Linux) |
Character page → | |
| Yen Sign | Alt+0165 |
Alt+X after typing 00A5 (Word) · Ctrl+Shift+U then 00a5 (Linux) |
Character page → | |
| Euro-currency Sign | — none — | Alt+X after typing 20A0 (Word) · Ctrl+Shift+U then 20a0 (Linux) |
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| Won Sign | — none — | Alt+X after typing 20A9 (Word) · Ctrl+Shift+U then 20a9 (Linux) |
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| Euro Sign | Alt+0128 |
Alt+X after typing 20AC (Word) · Ctrl+Shift+U then 20ac (Linux) |
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| Rupee Sign | — none — | Alt+X after typing 20A8 (Word) · Ctrl+Shift+U then 20a8 (Linux) |
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| Indian Rupee Sign | — none — | Alt+X after typing 20B9 (Word) · Ctrl+Shift+U then 20b9 (Linux) |
Character page → |
4 of 8 characters here have a legacy Windows Alt+NNNN code — that code only exists for the Latin-1 Supplement range and Windows-1252's fixed special-character block, not for Unicode generally. Every character has the universal hex-based method though: type the hex codepoint, then press Alt+X in Word to convert it.
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