Coin Emoji

Objects

A shiny, circular metal coin depicted at a slight angle, showcasing a raised relief design. It reflects light to suggest a polished surface, commonly representing hard currency or wealth.

Usage Context

Used to discuss financial transactions, savings, or the act of paying for something. It is frequently sent when talking about crypto, investments, or flipping a coin to make a decision. People often pair it with the 💰 money bag or 💳 credit card to signal a focus on spending or earning.

History

Added in Unicode 13.0 in 2020, the coin was introduced to provide a more specific visual for physical currency that wasn't tied to a particular country's paper banknote design, following years of requests for a general symbol representing money in its most traditional, metallic form.

Details

Glyph

🪙

Unicode

U+1FA99

Shortcode

:emoji_u1fa99:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDE99;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Objects

Subcategory money

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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