Many currencies don't. I think governments started noticing when the € symbol became common. We lost the pretty italian ₤ sign (two stripes, compare to the pou

Many currencies don't. I think governments started noticing when the € symbol became common. We lost the pretty italian ₤ sign (two stripes, compare to the pound sign £) when we switched to the euro. I also miss the german pfennig sign, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U%2B20B0_GERMAN_PENNY_SIGN.svg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U%2B20B0_GERMAN_PENNY... . We didn't even get the ¢ symbol in exchange.