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The logo of the UK Independence Party, a British political party, is based on the pound sign, [23] symbolising the party's opposition to adoption of the euro and to the European Union generally. A symbol that appears to be a double-barred pound sign is used as the logo of the record label Parlophone .
Sterling hit its highest level in more than two months versus the euro on Wednesday as investors were optimistic that a vaccine against COVID-19 would provide a lifeline to the UK economy and more ...
From mid-2003 to mid-2007, the pound/euro rate remained within a narrow range (€1.45 ± 5%). [ 117 ] Following the 2007–2008 financial crisis , sterling depreciated sharply, declining to £1 to US$1.38 on 23 January 2009 [ 118 ] and falling below £1 to €1.25 against the euro in April 2008. [ 119 ]
During the final months of 2008, the pound declined in value dramatically against the euro. The euro rose above 80 pence and peaked at 97.855 pence on 29 December 2008. [18] This compares with its value between March and October 2008, when the value of the euro was about 78 pence, and its value of about 70 pence between April 2003 and August 2007.
In early London trading, the pound fell versus the euro to 87.18 pence, its lowest level since Feb. 26, but it recovered some ground and was up 0.2% at 86.65 pence at 1600 GMT.
For example, the euro sign € is based on ϵ, an archaic form of the Greek epsilon, to represent Europe; [4] the Indian rupee sign ₹ is a blend of the Latin letter 'R' with the Devanagari letter र ; [5] and the Russian Ruble sign ₽ is based on Р (the Cyrillic capital letter 'er'). [6]
Cypriot pound (Cyprus and Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, until 1 January 2008, replaced by the euro) Fijian pound (until 1969, replaced by the Fijian dollar) Gambian pound (1968 to 1971, replaced by the dalasi) Ghanaian pound (1958 to 1965, replaced by the cedi) Irish pound (Irish: Punt na hÉireann) (until 2002, replaced by the ...
The euro is represented in Unicode as U+20AC € EURO SIGN. In modern computer systems and mobile phones, this is the only codepoint used. When first introduced, however, work to retrofit the symbol into crowded pre-existing character set standards and vendor-specific schemas presented challenges that were not fully resolved until widespread ...