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Re: Educate me!
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Date: 
Thu, 2 Dec 1999 11:55:59 GMT
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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.

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 makes any sense ( in a "what's available and how much is it" type of
way)

Kieran Brady.



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  Re: Educate me!
 
(...) 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. (...) The (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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