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Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL when returning a � symbol using JSON
var currency = "";
var price = "";


$.ajax({
  type: 'GET',
  url: '../JSONDeliveryPrice/',
  dataType: 'json',
  success: function (data) {
    price = eval(data.price);
    currency = eval(data.currency);
  },
  async: false
});
console.log(price);
console.log(currency);

public virtual ActionResult JSONDeliveryPrice()
        {
            string currency = "£";
            decimal price = 123;
            return Json(new { price = price, currency = currency }, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
        }

...
success: function (data) {
    price = data.price;
    currency = data.currency;
},
...