# Euro Symbol

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euro-symbol/91103>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 2, 2001, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euro-symbol/91103 "2001-11-02T10:39:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euro-symbol/91103/21 "2001-11-02T21:44:50Z")

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> \*Originally posted by gazpacho \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by David Cronan \*  
> > \*\*After downloading the patch for WIN 95 I can now get the Euro symbol by pressing the “Alt Gr” key and the dollar key together. €. This is on a Toshiba Laptop. \*\*
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> What is the “Alt Gr” Key? \*\*

This key is labelled “Alt Gr” and is situated immediately to the right of the space-bar on both of my Toshiba Laptops.I do not know if there is an equivalent key on conventional keyboards. Any one out there know?

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**Author:** ![FyreFiend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@FyreFiend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FyreFiend)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euro-symbol/91103/22 "2001-11-02T23:12:32Z")

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> \*Originally posted by tomndebb \*  
> \*\*On Mac’s there is a similar method of pressing two keys, but I don’t know what the translation table looks like. \*\*

On the Mac (at least in Classic) you can get all kinds of funky characters by holding down option, shift+option, or control. Not all fonts have these other characters but the ones from Apple do.

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