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<character> "£", ASCII character 163, 0xA3. A stylised capital "L" used to prefix amounts in British pounds sterling (GBP).
Americans call the hash character ("#") "pound" but that is an antiquated reference to pounds weight (lb).
(2013-08-15)
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