I've also seen English currency abbreviated:

£7.3.4 or £6.0.2


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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Drake [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 9:34 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: British symbols for currency


also, WORD has the Pound sign as a "symbol"; click "insert", the "symbol", then go to the Pound sign - £  - and "enter".  

From: Mike and Annette Poston 
  To: [log in to unmask] 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 8:26 AM
  Subject: Re: British symbols for currency


  It appears that the £ sign can be constructed in two ways:

  While holding down the "alt" key, type 156 on the keypad
       or
  While holding down the "alt" key, type 0163

  And when discussing amounts of  money/value, simply listing them separated
  by a virgule is adequate as:

  10/3/6  meaning £10, 3 shillings, 6 pence
  1/ /3    meaning £1, no shillings, thruppence

  Mike Poston

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