Need to add HTML characters to Select list I have a form using the FAPI that has a select list of currency values as one of its inputs. 
I need to be able to add HTML characters such as &amp;euro; $pound; &amp;yen;

The problem is that Drupal is filtering the input and not displaying the desired symbols, but displaying the actual html codes as displayed above.

Is there any way of having Drupal not filter my list?
You can and should put the UTF-8 characters for the symbols in your list. HTML entities are a relic from the past when it was possible that some symbols did not have a representation in the active code page. Thus simply use €, £, and ¥ in your lists.

Drupal is UTF-8 from back to front: use it.