My second [problem] was thinking the htmlText would handle the unicode...it didn't & neither did the unicodeText.
But once I typed the symbol in the field, moving the text to the second field works fine. <<
However, the solution is not perfect: I was moving the htmlText of the field so that any imbedded font/style/size changes in the text in the original field are carried over to the target field.
* Create a field containing text, including "�" (euro symbol).
* Copy the field
* Put the rtfText of field 1 into field 2: "�" = "\'DB"
* Put the htmlText of field 1 into field 2: "�" = "¤"
* Put the unicodeText of field 1 into field 2: "�" = "