U+20B6 "₶" Livre Tournois Sign Unicode Character

U+20B6 "₶" Livre Tournois Sign is a historical currency symbol representing the livre tournois, a unit of account used in France from the 13th century until the French Revolution, named after the town of Tours. Although no longer in circulation, the symbol appears in modern digital text for historical, numismatic, or scholarly purposes, such as when quoting old French financial records or discussing pre-revolutionary monetary systems. Its inclusion in the Unicode currency symbols block allows for consistent digital representation across platforms and fonts, preserving a link to medieval economic history. The character itself resembles a stylized capital "L" with a double bar, distinguishing it from other livre symbols.