diff --git a/spacy/attrs.pxd b/spacy/attrs.pxd
index 74397fa64..79a177ba9 100644
--- a/spacy/attrs.pxd
+++ b/spacy/attrs.pxd
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ cdef enum attr_id_t:
     IS_QUOTE
     IS_LEFT_PUNCT
     IS_RIGHT_PUNCT
+    IS_CURRENCY
 
-    FLAG18 = 18
-    FLAG19
+    FLAG19 = 19
     FLAG20
     FLAG21
     FLAG22
diff --git a/spacy/attrs.pyx b/spacy/attrs.pyx
index 893ec0845..d4e8a38c5 100644
--- a/spacy/attrs.pyx
+++ b/spacy/attrs.pyx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ IDS = {
     "IS_QUOTE": IS_QUOTE,
     "IS_LEFT_PUNCT": IS_LEFT_PUNCT,
     "IS_RIGHT_PUNCT": IS_RIGHT_PUNCT,
-    "FLAG18": FLAG18,
+    "IS_CURRENCY": IS_CURRENCY,
     "FLAG19": FLAG19,
     "FLAG20": FLAG20,
     "FLAG21": FLAG21,
diff --git a/spacy/lang/lex_attrs.py b/spacy/lang/lex_attrs.py
index c3bb4a8ff..f1279f035 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/lex_attrs.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/lex_attrs.py
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ def is_right_punct(text):
     return text in right_punct
 
 
+def is_currency(text):
+    # can be overwritten by lang with list of currency words, e.g. dollar, euro
+    for char in text:
+        if unicodedata.category(char) != 'Sc':
+            return False
+    return True
+
+
 def like_email(text):
     return bool(_like_email(text))
 
@@ -164,5 +172,6 @@ LEX_ATTRS = {
     attrs.IS_QUOTE: is_quote,
     attrs.IS_LEFT_PUNCT: is_left_punct,
     attrs.IS_RIGHT_PUNCT: is_right_punct,
+    attrs.IS_CURRENCY: is_currency,
     attrs.LIKE_URL: like_url
 }
diff --git a/spacy/lexeme.pyx b/spacy/lexeme.pyx
index d136540f9..78d3bed6c 100644
--- a/spacy/lexeme.pyx
+++ b/spacy/lexeme.pyx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import numpy
 from .typedefs cimport attr_t, flags_t
 from .attrs cimport IS_ALPHA, IS_ASCII, IS_DIGIT, IS_LOWER, IS_PUNCT, IS_SPACE
 from .attrs cimport IS_TITLE, IS_UPPER, LIKE_URL, LIKE_NUM, LIKE_EMAIL, IS_STOP
-from .attrs cimport IS_BRACKET, IS_QUOTE, IS_LEFT_PUNCT, IS_RIGHT_PUNCT, IS_OOV
+from .attrs cimport IS_BRACKET, IS_QUOTE, IS_LEFT_PUNCT, IS_RIGHT_PUNCT, IS_CURRENCY, IS_OOV
 from .attrs cimport PROB
 from .attrs import intify_attrs
 from . import about
@@ -474,6 +474,14 @@ cdef class Lexeme:
         def __set__(self, bint x):
             Lexeme.c_set_flag(self.c, IS_RIGHT_PUNCT, x)
 
+    property is_currency:
+        """RETURNS (bool): Whether the lexeme is a currency symbol, e.g. $, €."""
+        def __get__(self):
+            return Lexeme.c_check_flag(self.c, IS_CURRENCY)
+
+        def __set__(self, bint x):
+            Lexeme.c_set_flag(self.c, IS_CURRENCY, x)
+
     property like_url:
         """RETURNS (bool): Whether the lexeme resembles a URL."""
         def __get__(self):
diff --git a/spacy/symbols.pxd b/spacy/symbols.pxd
index 6960681a3..cc1734e6d 100644
--- a/spacy/symbols.pxd
+++ b/spacy/symbols.pxd
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ cdef enum symbol_t:
     IS_QUOTE
     IS_LEFT_PUNCT
     IS_RIGHT_PUNCT
+    IS_CURRENCY
 
-    FLAG18 = 18
-    FLAG19
+    FLAG19 = 19
     FLAG20
     FLAG21
     FLAG22
diff --git a/spacy/symbols.pyx b/spacy/symbols.pyx
index 98e4c440d..4bc1d4228 100644
--- a/spacy/symbols.pyx
+++ b/spacy/symbols.pyx
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ IDS = {
     "IS_QUOTE": IS_QUOTE,
     "IS_LEFT_PUNCT": IS_LEFT_PUNCT,
     "IS_RIGHT_PUNCT": IS_RIGHT_PUNCT,
+    "IS_CURRENCY": IS_CURRENCY,
 
-    "FLAG18": FLAG18,
     "FLAG19": FLAG19,
     "FLAG20": FLAG20,
     "FLAG21": FLAG21,
diff --git a/spacy/tests/lang/test_attrs.py b/spacy/tests/lang/test_attrs.py
index 92ee04737..67485ee60 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/lang/test_attrs.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/lang/test_attrs.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from ...attrs import intify_attrs, ORTH, NORM, LEMMA, IS_ALPHA
-from ...lang.lex_attrs import is_punct, is_ascii, like_url, word_shape
+from ...lang.lex_attrs import is_punct, is_ascii, is_currency, like_url, word_shape
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ def test_lex_attrs_is_ascii(text, match):
     assert is_ascii(text) == match
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('text,match', [('$', True), ('£', True), ('♥', False),
+    ('€', True), ('¥', True), ('¢', True),
+    ('a', False), ('www.google.com', False), ('dog', False)])
+def test_lex_attrs_is_currency(text, match):
+    assert is_currency(text) == match
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('text,match', [
     ('www.google.com', True), ('google.com', True), ('sydney.com', True),
     ('2girls1cup.org', True), ('http://stupid', True), ('www.hi', True),
diff --git a/spacy/tokens/token.pyx b/spacy/tokens/token.pyx
index 74487b515..9e4b878cf 100644
--- a/spacy/tokens/token.pyx
+++ b/spacy/tokens/token.pyx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from ..lexeme cimport Lexeme
 from .. import parts_of_speech
 from ..attrs cimport IS_ALPHA, IS_ASCII, IS_DIGIT, IS_LOWER, IS_PUNCT, IS_SPACE
 from ..attrs cimport IS_BRACKET, IS_QUOTE, IS_LEFT_PUNCT, IS_RIGHT_PUNCT
-from ..attrs cimport IS_OOV, IS_TITLE, IS_UPPER, LIKE_URL, LIKE_NUM, LIKE_EMAIL
+from ..attrs cimport IS_OOV, IS_TITLE, IS_UPPER, IS_CURRENCY, LIKE_URL, LIKE_NUM, LIKE_EMAIL
 from ..attrs cimport IS_STOP, ID, ORTH, NORM, LOWER, SHAPE, PREFIX, SUFFIX
 from ..attrs cimport LENGTH, CLUSTER, LEMMA, POS, TAG, DEP
 from ..compat import is_config
@@ -855,6 +855,11 @@ cdef class Token:
         def __get__(self):
             return Lexeme.c_check_flag(self.c.lex, IS_RIGHT_PUNCT)
 
+    property is_currency:
+        """RETURNS (bool): Whether the token is a currency symbol."""
+        def __get__(self):
+            return Lexeme.c_check_flag(self.c.lex, IS_CURRENCY)
+
     property like_url:
         """RETURNS (bool): Whether the token resembles a URL."""
         def __get__(self):