When did we loose the "cents" sign on our keyboards?

Answer 1

Hold down your ALT key while typing on the 1 and 5 and 5 keys and you get the ¢ sign. For the Spanish Ñ or ñ as in Año (year), hold down Alt while typing the 1 and 6 and 4 key (for lower case ñ) or Alt and 1 and 6 and 5 (for upper case Ñ).
Experiment. Hold the ALT key down while typing 3 different digits. ½ = Alt, 1, 7, 1; ¼ = Alt, 1, 7, 2; Ç (as in GARÇON) ALT, 1,2,8; ç (as in Garçon) = ALT, 1,3, 5.
I once made a list of all the combinations of the ALT key and 3 digits. I had to write up a report for the Turkish Navy (in English) when we sold them four of our old ships and had to use some strange marks on letters for cities and the 4 ships' new Turkish names and that list came in handy: ÖÜç for example.
♦♣♠•◘○☺☻♥ Hold down the ALT key and just hit single digits.
Have fun!

Answer 2

Somehow I feel cheated LOL. I've never had a keyboard
that had a 'cents' key. I have to use the small 'c' as that's all
there ever has been for me. But this is my second keyboard.
My first lasted a great many years. When this one starts to
stick, then I'll know it's ready to give up the ghost too. So far
so good and I got this one used from my SIL. He gives me
his older computers when he buys a new one usually. Or
someone else does :)

Answer 3

You don't have a cents sign. Have you ever tried to type in English on a French keyboard. Talk about stress. We don't have a cents sigh either.

Answer 4

I lost sense on my computer many years ago...I am still using one. I lost cents on my computer about 4 years ago when it was replace with a few symbols that I have no idea what they are. I don't miss them much, for let's face it...cents have very little value..in the store or on the keyboard.
I used to bend over and pick up pennies found on the street...today, I pick up pennies for the exercise, not the money...does that tell you something?
Peace, phil

Answer 5

I want to know too. I tried typing in 35 cents but couldn't even find the sign!!!! Then I wondered if there ever was one, and figured there had to be at some point. When did it leave?

Answer 6

Cents are still legal tender but nobody accepts them--not even banks or even beggars for that matter.As one answerer says he bends down and picks up a cent lying on the ground only for the exercise and not the value of it.Computers ar e our extended arms. They have also followed our, should I say handsteps? and refuse to take any cognizance of cents.

Answer 7

Typewriters had the cent symbol; computer keyboards didn't. Here's an explanation: http://www.charlieanderson.com/centsign.htm

Answer 8

I didn't know we had 'cents' signs on the keyboards. I know we did on typewriters.

Answer 9

¢ ô ╒ Ω0ß0╜y ▌OPN ⌡§ ... hey, pilgrims, I just said "Good morning to all" in Begovissanish - a language few have learned but many cherish for its brilliant metaphorical constructs - a good example of which goes, in pertinent part, "7▌q♪♀...". It's hard to find a more perfect expression of ▌Aâπ than that!

Thanks, altfreaks one and all!

Answer 10

Use "Alt 0162" if you really wanna mess with it ---- I
never have used sense when working with the keyboard.