What do the two lines signify? For example, £ for the British pound, $ for the US Dollar. And if the "L" is for Latin "Librum", what does the "S" stand for?
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i'm not sure how accurate this is but apparently the dollar ($) symbol originally started off as a letter "U" superimposed onto a letter "S" to indicate that the currency was from the US and over time the bottom of the U was dropped off as the dollar was adopted by other countries so it was just left as an S with 2 vertical lines through it.\ni'm not too sure about the other currency symbols though.
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I don't know anything about the British pound sign, but I'm pretty sure  this symbol: # is also known as a pound sign. Which means a pound sign is on a keybord, just not the one you want. It's over the 3.
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Why put masonic symbols on the $1 note when most folks are not?\n\nLatin (amongst others) is considered the language of the educated and, as such, is often used to give an educated slant to the mundane.\n\nRather than just a simple translation check the link below:\n\nEnjoy
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The answer is obvious.\n\nIt's because ^%&%$&^$&%£%&^*&*  hgvfjhjh ^%776576&*900\nFJHf (*6986ymn kl/h,.\n\nI hope that helps.
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1:1.95\n\nthe " : " is a ratio meaning, from math class.\n\nLike a 1:1 ratio...or a 1 to 1 ratio.\n\n1:1.95 means 1 sterling pound is = to 1.95 in US money.\n\nSo that means 7.50 sterlings x 1.95 US = US price
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It is a British coin, but you don't say what denomination it is. You can identify the coin from the pictures at the site below and then, look up further information on it
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Two hundred Dollars, US.\n\nor\n\nTwo hundred US Dollars.
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Pounds abbreviates to lbs because lbs is actually an abbreviation of libres, which is latin for 'pounds'.  Latin is used for abbreviations a lot because its use in the sciences percolates into everyday English, especially for weights and measures.
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(m)\n\nThe new currency, of course, is the euro, which this year (2002) is replacing the national currencies of Spain and 11 other European countries, including Germany and France but not Great Britain. The new currency and coins became official on Jan. 1, replacing Spain's peseta and other national currencies. Although the peseta will be phased out for most uses by Feb. 28, until then transactions may take place in both currencies. After June 30, it will be difficult to trade in pesetas for the new currency. \n\nThe euro is worth 166.386 pesetas. As of January 1, 2002, the euro was worth almost $0.89 U.S. or £0.61 British, although those exchange rates will fluctuate with international economic conditions. Thus, as of this writing, something worth $10 U.S. (or £6.89) would cost €11.29. Keep in mind that monetary punctuation in Spain is reverse that of English, so the figure would be written €11,29.
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Name Code            Glyph Description \n& dagger;                      †   dagger \n& Dagger;                     ‡   double dagger \n& spades;                     ♠   black spade suit \n& clubs;                        ♣   black club suit \n& hearts;                      ♥   black heart suit \n& oline;                         ‾   overline (overscore) \n& larr;                           ←   leftward arrow \n& uarr;                          ↑   upward arrow \n& rarr;                          →   rightward arrow \n& darr;                           ↓   downward arrow \n& trade;                        ™   trademark sign \n\n\n\n& mdash;                      —   em dash \n& iexcl;                          ¡   inverted exclamation \n& cent;                          ¢   cent sign \n& pound;                       £   pound sterling \n& curren;                      ¤   general currency sign \n& yen;                           ¥   yen sign \n& brvbar; or &brkbar     ¦   broken vertical bar \n& sect;                          §   section sign \n& uml;                           ¨   umlaut \n& copy;                         ©   copyright \n& ordf;                           ª   feminine ordinal \n& laquo;                        «   left angle quote \n& not; ;                         ¬   not sign \n& reg;                           ®   registered trademark \n& macr; or & hibar;        ¯   macron accent \n\n*i put spaces between the "&" and the second part of the code to show what the code looked like make sure you take out the spaces for it to work!
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The United States two-dollar bill ($2) is a denomination of U.S. currency. Former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson is featured on the obverse of the note. The painting The Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull is featured on the reverse. The current reverse and obverse (with features of a Federal Reserve Note) have been used since 1976.\n\nIn spite of its relatively low value, the two dollar bill is one of the most rarely-seen denominations of U.S. currency. This is partially due to the low production of the note; approximately 1% of all notes produced today are $2 bills. Two dollar bills aren't frequently reissued in a new series like other denominations. This is because bills are printed according to demand. When the Federal Reserve Banking System runs low on its current supply of $2 bills, it will submit an order to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, which will then print more. Demand for $2 bills is low enough that one printing can last for many years. There is still a large supply of series 1976 bills that have not been circulated.\n\nWhen the current note was first issued in 1976, it was met with general curiosity, and was seen as a collectable, not as a piece of regularly circulating currency, which the Treasury intended it to be. The main reason it failed to circulate was that businesses never really requested them as part of their normal operations to give back out in change. This failure is linked to the gradual disappearance of the former $2 note, the $2 United States Note, featuring Monticello on the reverse, printed and issued from 1862 to 1966.\n\nUnited States Notes were issued under the requirement that no more than $300 million worth were to be in circulation at any one time. The continued growth of the nation made this number a hindrance. Since $2 bills were only printed as United States Notes, they gradually disappeared from everyday use, and came to be treated as novelties.\n\nWhen the $2 United States Note was discontinued with Series 1963A, this negligibility and general non-use was cited by the Treasury Department as their reason for not issuing a replacement $2 Federal Reserve Note at the time.\n\nIt is still a common perception that the $2 bill is rare, and when the general public encounters them, the bills are frequently hoarded and not circulated. According to the Treasury, they "receive many letters asking why the $2 bill is no longer in circulation." [1]. In response, the Treasury states: "The $2 bill remains one of our circulating currency denominations. According to BEP statistics, 590,720,000 Series 1976 $2 bills were printed and as of February 28, 1999, there was $1,166,091,458 worth of $2 bills in circulation worldwide."\n\nMany have reasoned that the only way for this self-perpetuating cycle to end and for the $2 bill to be accepted would be for the $1 bill to be removed from circulation and replaced by the $1 coin. The American public's general disapproval of the $1 coin could possibly spur renewed interest in the $2 bill as a more convenient alternative to receiving back more than one coin at a time. However, due to factors such as the Save the Greenback group, this seems unlikely to happen in the near future.\n\nThough many cash registers accommodate it, its slot is often used for things like checks and rolls of coins. Few money-handling machines (such as vending machines) accommodate it, but self-checkout lanes have been known to do so, even if the fact that they are accepted is not stated on the label. Although they are not handed out arbitrarily, two dollar bills can sometimes be found at banks by request. Oftentimes if a bank has none in stock, they will order them, so long as the customer takes a certain quantity of the order. Two dollar bills are also appropriately given as change at the gift shop of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's Virginia estate.\n\nAll $2 bills produced today are Federal Reserve Notes. Two dollar bills are delivered by Feder
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Currency denominations on one country are not based on currency of another country. The US dollar is a standard of measure in the US, regardless of its performance against other currencies, such as the Euro or pound.
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I think only the British say grand. In some other countries people use a different words. For example, Czechs use "litr" (liter) for 1000 and other words for smaller amounts. So a Czech wouldn't say 5 grand, he'd say 5 liters.\n\nIn Iceland people don't use anything like this, they say 5 thousand. I'm pretty sure it's like that in most countries in Europe, or they may have their own slang instead of "grand".
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9,000,000.00 GBP United Kingdom Pounds = \n17,075,283.36 USD United States Dollars\n\n\n1 GBP = 1.89725 USD 1 USD = 0.527078 GBP
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The year's date reads the same when turned upside down. That will not happen again until 6009.\n\nThough thats only if you write it.  You can print out this page and turn it upside down and you'll end up with l96l
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"Lb." stands for libra, the basic unit of Roman weight, from which our present-day pound derives.
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There are so many things you have to check, (these steps are applicable for the new currency notes)\n1) Check for the silver line, which you can see little bit outside and little bit inside, you cann't see silver colour continously.\n2) On right side of the currency note(front side) u can see the number 500/1000 as in dotted lines, you can see only in deep look.\n3) See the currency in light(sun light) you can see the 500/1000 number in the bottom of the currency, normally u can see only half number.\n\nand there are more steps to see the currency, i think this is more than enough. If you need more, you can check more, are contact me.