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The pound sign (£) is the symbol for the pound unit of sterling – the currency of the United Kingdom and its associated Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories and previously of Great Britain and of the Kingdom of England. The same symbol is used for other currencies called pound, such as the Egyptian and Syrian pounds.
A centesimal subdivision of the Lebanese and Syrian pounds ₱ peso Philippine peso: Also ₱ and P U+20B1 ₱ PESO SIGN: PT: piastre Egyptian and Sudanese piastres Fraction A centesimal subdivision of the Egyptian and Sudanese pounds .ج.م LE: pound Egyptian pound: Also abbreviated £E in Latin script .ل.ل LL: pound Lebanese pound: Also ...
The use of # as an abbreviation for "number" is common in informal writing, but use in print is rare. [44] Where Americans might write "Symphony #5", British and Irish people usually write "Symphony No. 5". [citation needed] When # is after a number, it is read as "pound" or "pounds", meaning the unit of weight. The text "5# bag of flour" would ...
Prior to decimalisation in 1971, there were 12 pence (written as 12d) in a shilling (written as 1s or 1/-) and 20 shillings in a pound, written as £1 (occasionally "L" was used instead of the pound sign, £). There were therefore 240 pence in a pound. For example, 2 pounds 14 shillings and 5 pence could have been written as £2 14s 5d or £2/14/5
In this they just use "l." after the number like with "s." and "d." for shillings and pence, e.g. 500l. for £500. I don't know if this was common practise then, or if a pound sign wasn't available in the typeface they were using. --Zilog Jones 12:55, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
The pound is the main unit of sterling, [4] [c] and the word pound is also used to refer to the British currency generally, [7] often qualified in international contexts as the British pound or the pound sterling. [4] Sterling is the world's oldest currency in continuous use since its inception. [8]
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An old value of 7 pounds, 10 shillings, and sixpence, abbreviated £7-10-6 or £7:10s:6d. became £7.52 1 / 2 p. Amounts with a number of old pence which was not 0 or 6 did not convert into a round number of new pence. The Irish pound had the same £sd currency structure, and the same decimalisation was carried out.