What is the significance of the elephant on English currency???
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I believe it relates to the time when India was part of the British Empire.  Elephants were and are used as farm animals but were also used at events and celebrations.
953724
What about an elephant?
963132
£37,032.66 \naccording to todays currency exchange\nhope that helps!
64606
It probably just made more sense to describe the amount and then the currency.  I see some written descriptions outside the US use the currency symbol afterward, like 637$.  Maybe we should all start doing it...:-)
628090
I never heard it quite that way.  The version I heard was: "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush".  I think they refer to the same thing, though.  I think this is what it means: If you currently have "something" ("a bird in the hand"), it's value, to you, is "supposed" to be worth more (to you) than "something" ("two in the bush") you don't have!
537603
so he could be on one of our currency bills..???
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It boils down to "what can that currency buy?" The pound has always been very strong vs the dollar. It has much to do with the economy of both nations, and what each is doing to keep its finances in check.\nThe UK economy is strong, has influence in the world, and I doubt that Mr.Blair is running a Trillion dollar deficit.
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http://www.interchangefx.co.uk/currency_converter.htm\n\nGood luck
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The bull is the symbol for a good market, the stock prices are high.\nThe bear is a symbol for low stock rates.
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The currency of "pounds" can relate to more than one country. "European money" is known as the EURO.\n\nThe United Kingdom, Gibralter, and Cyprus use pounds in Europe and Syria and Egypt also use pounds.\n\nTo convert currency using the latest exchange rate you should use:\nhttp://uk.finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter
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I don't think it was derived from the astrological sign Libra, but from the Latin word "libra" which means scales or balance.  The British symbol for pound sterling (actually a stylized L) derives from the same word.
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http://www.x-rates.com/calculator.html\n\nI'm not sure whether the E sign is pound or euro so use the calculator.
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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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As of this date:\n\nUS Dollar converted into British Pound\n1.00 USD = 0.571992 GBP\n\nBritish Pound converted into US Dollar\n1.00 GBP = 1.74814 USD
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When - in the UK - we had proper money instead of the Monopoly money we had foisted on us at decimalization, the abbreviations for pounds, shillings and pence were £ s d.  £ is a sort of L, and stood for Libera, s was solidii, and d was denarii, all terms of Roman monetary unit, I believe.  But we also had lb, meaning a pound weight rather than a monetary pound, and the b was added to the L to denote the difference.
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Grand Old Party. You can learn more about the history of its use and even the history of the elephant symbol by visiting the official website of the Republican Party: www.gop.com\nThe same is true for the Democratic Party: www.democrats.org
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What's the symbol?  It's possible that the symbol is no longer valid.  It may have changed (this happened with Phillip Morris, which became Altria), the company may have been bought out and been absorbed into the new parent company (as happened with Compaq when they were purchased by Hewlett-Packard) or the company may have been delisted.\n\nIf any of those things happened, they wouldn't be on *any* financial site, Yahoo! or otherwise.