HTML Symbols Not Displaying Properly

Hello,
Can anyone help me understand why my browser is showing
either a square or a
question mark when I try to use certain symbols on the page?
Like the "TM"
mark (™) or the double right arrow (»)?
I have this on the header of the page: <meta
http-equiv="Content-Type"
content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
but it still shows a square where the sybmol should be.
Thanks in advance for your help.

Can you provide a pointer to the page in question?

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