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The pound sign (£) is the symbol for the pound sterling—the currency of the United Kingdom (UK). The same symbol is used for similarly named currencies such as the Gibraltar pound or occasionally the Syrian pound. It is also sometimes used for currencies named ''lira'', for example the now withdrawn Italian lira, and on rare occasion, the Turkish lira. The symbol derives from a capital "L", representing ''libra'', the basic unit of weight in the Roman Empire, which in turn is derived from the Latin name of the same spelling for scales or a balance. The pound became an English unit of weight and was so named because it originally had the value of one tower pound (~350 grams) of fine (pure) silver. The pound sign is placed before the number (e.g. "£12,000") and separated from the following digits by no space or only a thin space. The symbol ₤ was called the lira sign in Italy, before the adoption of the euro. It was used as an alternative to the more usual L to show prices in lire. In American English, the term "pound sign" usually refers to the symbol # (see number sign), and the corresponding telephone key is called the "pound key". The symbols £ and # are both referred to as the pound sign in Canadian English (# is also referred to as the number sign). In the original old Caslon metal fonts, the pound sign was identical to the italic capital "J" rotated 180 degrees. ==Computing== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pound sign」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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