1. The Euro symbol is a logo of the new European currency.
Yes, but it is not _just_ a logo. It is a logo which found its way into plain text. It is quite usual for a plain text to use the euro logo instead of the EUR currency abbreviation.
I wouldn't even use the term 'logo' for the euro symbol. It is a currency symbol just like the $ sign. The fact that it was invented by a committee and didn't develop organically over time does not make it a logo, and it has very quickly developed all the characteristics of other currency symbols, including great variation of form and typographic representation. Furthermore, it is a symbol specified by, recognised by, and encoded by national standards bodies. Unsurprisingly, if a government comes along and says 'We have this legal symbol that means X and we have a need to use it in plain text', that symbol tends to get encoded.
John Hudson
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