Indian rupee gets a symbol, joins elite currency club

From long time, Numismatist was waiting for the declaration of new Ruppee Symbol.
Now the Indian rupee have a unique symbol — a blend of the Devanagri 'Ra' and Roman 'R' — joining elite currencies like the US dollar, euro, British pound and Japanese yen in having a distinct identity.

The new symbol, designed by Bombay IIT post-graduate D Udaya Kumar, was approved by the cabinet.

Now desperately waiting for currency having this new symbol. :-)