Re: When to Use Pound Signs

[J Martin Rushton]

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On 05/01/16 23:51, Mark Stephen Mrotek wrote:
> What you term the pound sign, derives from the Latin libra, pound.
> The word was altered into livre, £ (1550's), as a French monetary
> amount equal to one pound of silver. The unit of measure was
> changed to the term franc. Today the same symbol is used as
> designation for the English pound - at one time worth one pound
> sterling.
> 
> Mark
Not just French.  It was common across most of Europe, ultimately
deriving from the Charlemangne's currency reforms which sought to
invoke the Roman Empire's authority.
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> Just for the record: "£" is a pound sign, "#" is a hash.  Calling
> the hash sign a pound sign goes way back to the days of ASCII-7 and
> national ASCII variants.  The UK national variant had a pound sign
> where plain ASCII had a hash.  If anyone is _really_ interested,
> the £ sign is a capital "L" (for libra, Latin for a pound) with a
> line through it, a bit like dollars and letter "S".
> 
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