When and why did the pound sterling sign change from having 2 bars to only one bar?
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It still does have two bars, apart from on keyboards - so I guess the answer could well be "when the computer revolution started". As for why, you'd have to ask the keyboard designers, but my guess is that they weren't English!
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Result : \non 31 December 2005\n\n1 GBP (UK)=1.7214 USD (US) 1 GBP=1.721436 USD \n1 USD (US)=0.5809 GBP (UK) 1 USD=0.58091 GBP\n\nhttp://fxtop.com/en/cnvhisto.php3?A=1&C1=GBP&C2=USD&DD=31&MM=12&YYYY=2005&B=1&P=&I=1&btnOK=Go%21
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You didn't specify which type of pounds, so I assumed you meant UK pounds:\n25,968,517,665.76  (UK pounds)
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There is no German Mark any longer. They use the Euro. But if there were, it would be about $1.00= 1.53 marks.
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It has drifted out to $1.80 for 1 GBP, but I can remember when it was more like $1.50. Gpod news for Brits visiting America, as their pound goes further, bad news for Americans visiting England, as they get less for their dollar.
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there are 2.2 pounds per kilogram.
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It comes from "libra" which describes the Roman unit of mass that is equal to the pound.  A lot of these abbreviations tend to come from Roman/Latin roots which explains why they seem so weird.
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The symbol above is a Pound from England.  The elaborate L stands for the abbreviation of lb. (libra - pound)\n\nThe Australian dollar (currency code AUD) has been, since 1966, the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including the Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $ or alternatively A$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies. It is sometimes affectionately called the "Aussie battler"—during a low period (relative to the US dollar) around 2001 and 2002 the currency was sometimes locally called the "Pacific Peso". It is divided into 100 cents. All previous issues of Australian coins and banknotes, including Pounds, shillings and pence are still legal tender.\n\nThe Australian dollar is currently the sixth-most-traded currency in world foreign exchange markets (behind the US dollar, the yen, the euro, the British pound and the Canadian dollar), accounting for approximately 4-5% of worldwide foreign exchange transactions. The Australian dollar is popular with currency traders due to the relative lack of government intervention in the foreign exchange market, the general stability of the economy and government as well as the prevailing view that it offers diversification benefits in a portfolio containing the major world currencies (especially because of its greater exposure to Asian economies and the commodities cycle).
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They switch the sign between 3-5 A.M.
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1966 I  THINK\nSame time pounds changed to dollars
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According to this it is 1969:\n\nhttp://www.kiosk-korner.co.uk/kiosk06.html
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The Anchor and Crown were used by the company Sheffield & Birmingham (hence the sh). Beyond that you may want to check their web site at http://www.925-1000.com/british_marks.html.
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A pound is always written as "lb" to prevent confusion with pound (money) It is very old, traced back to the Roman "libra" (which explains its abreviation!). It was defined in England since Ethelred the Unready (968-1016). In fact, a pound (money) was originally a pound (weight) of silver, and the symbol for pound (money) is a stylised L.
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Your question does not make sense, but the multiplication sign and the addition sign are not always interchangable. Life is not fair, life is  B!TC#
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The first decimal coins, the 5p and 10p came out in 1968 but the official changeover came later...\n\nOn the 15th of February 1971, after a great deal of opposition and discussion, the UK changed from £ s d (pounds, shillings and pence) to a decimal system. \nI remember having some decimal coins, I think it was the 10p piece with 1969 stamped on it so I guess it was a gradual changeover to give people chance to get used to it. However it was phased in for the 15th Feb 71.\n\nThe change was quite substantial. For example on the 14th of February £1 was equal to 20 shillings which was equivalent to 240 pence. \n\nOn the 15th of February £1 was equal to 100 new pence. In preparation some coins were removed from circulation and others were introduced. In 1968 the five pence piece was introduced to replace the shilling and the ten pence piece was introduced to replace the florin. The half penny was withdrawn from circulation in 1969. Finally in 1970 the half crown was withdrawn from circulation and a new twenty pound note was issued.\n\nI hope this answers your question...\n\nGraham
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Aniala8tor is only partly correct..at the time Coventry arranged sponsorship from Talbot cars, written sponsors logos on shirts were not allowed by the FA, so Coventry came up with the idea of changing their shirt design to actually incorporate the "T" symbol of their sponsors. They got away with wearing this shirt for a whole season, and appeared on TV with it as well. although the BBC were very unhappy with it because it was indirect advertising.\n\nActual written sponsors names first started to appear on shirts in i982. Liverpool were the first major club to do this , and wore the logo of Crown Paints, although several lower division clubs wore sponsors logos before this..for instance Watford wore the logo of Solvite glue.
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Old english bar owners.  Figuring out evenings profits by measuring their "pints and quarts" sold vs. inventory left to insure there wasn't waste or thievery.\n\nBTW - "whet your whistle" came from the same time period where beer mugs used to literally have a whistle on them.  Patrons would blow them when they wanted the bar wench to refill their steins with more beer!  :)  (And now you know the REST of the story)....