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Re: Educate me!
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Wed, 1 Dec 1999 16:17:25 GMT
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LPIENIAZEK@NOVERA.saynotospamCOM
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r hendrix wrote:
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> What in the world is a £ anyway?
It's the currency symbol used for the Great Britain Pound. I'm not 100%
sure but I think the Irish Punt uses the same symbol. It is exactly
analogous to $ being the currency symbol for US and Canadian and a bunch
of other dollars.
> A pound?
> A sterling?
The worth of a pound used to be one pound of "sterling" silver where
sterling is, I think, .99 pure silver.
> What is the exchange rate (average) for a $?
About 1.60 USD to 1.00 GBP
Go here for a fairly accurate convertor:
http://www.oanda.com/converter/classic?user=larrypieniazek
PS, if you're going to hang out in loc.uk, it may help to come up to
speed on UK terms... :-)
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 | | Re: Educate me!
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| On Wed, 1 Dec 1999 16:17:25 GMT, Larry Pieniazek uttered the following profundities... (...) Yes, 'tis the same symbol. Now, for the history, why a pound? The Roman soldiers that occupied our land were paid in salt, one pound of it. The "L"-like (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | Re: Educate me!
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| (...) Somewhat similar - IR£ - preceded by'IR' (for Irish??). The Irish punt has a variable exchange rate against the £ sterling, at the moment approx 80% of sterling. I am Irish BTW, and I generally hang about on .loc.uk - nearest thing to me that (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| What in the world is a £ anyway? A pound? A sterling? What is the exchange rate (average) for a $? (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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