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As a unit of currency, the term pound originates from the value of a Troy pound weight (Latin libra), of high purity silver, and is the currency unit of a number of countries:
It is also the name for the (former) currency of the Republic
of Ireland, the Irish Pound, replaced by the Euro in 1999.
The symbol for the pound, particularly with respect to the pound sterling legal tender in the UK and her
possessions, is a script capital letter L pierced horizontally with an endash or
an equal: £.
The same £ symbol was used in Italy and the Republic of Ireland for the cognate lira and the Irish pound respectly, before the euro was
introduced in these countries (although in recent times the official symbol for the italian lira has been a capital L).
See also
- Livre Tournois - French Tours Pound
- Livre Parisis - French
Paris Pound
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