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by kccqzy 517 days ago
The double-barred version is not in Unicode because it's just font variations for the same abstract character. Just like the letter g can be written with one or two loops (just look at Helvetica vs Times); Unicode treats it as a font difference. This is called an allograph. Using Baskerville in iOS to render the $ character shows two bars (there are many different variations of Baskerville though).