Indian rupee sign
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The Indian rupee sign (sign: ₹; code: INR) is the currency sign for the Indian rupee, the official currency of India. Designed by D. Udaya Kumar, it was presented to the public by the Government of India on 15 July 2010, following its selection through an “open” competition among Indian residents. The symbol uses U+20B9 ₹ INDIAN RUPEE SIGN Unicode character. Before its adoption, the most commonly used symbols for the rupee were Rs, Re or, if the text was in an Indian language, an appropriate abbreviation in that language. The new sign relates solely to the Indian rupee; other countries that use a rupee, such as Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal, still use the generic U+20A8 ₨ RUPEE SIGN character.The rupee was historically divided into 16 annas, but was decimalised in 1957 and is now theoretically divided into 100 paise. However, as of 2011, only 50 paise coins are legal tender.