Unless you meant THIS pound sign : £ , £(halfwidth & fullwidth variants, respectively).
The L shaled sign probably comes from libra, literally pound (the weight unit).
This would also explain the ethymology of many currencies
called "Lira" (L./₤/Lit. ,₺, Lm, £sd, £S, ل.ل. , I£/ל"י ) as well as the Livre Tournois (₶).
I think the lb bar sign (℔) might also have been used as
a scribal abbreviation for libra (the weight pound), although I cannot confirm... see if you can contact a typographist, or a historian, or somethiŋ...
Oddly, the currency sign of þᵉ gꚙd ol'
Roman Semuncia sign (𐆒) also looks like a fancy L...
maybe it's unintentional & the gliph was actually
supposed to be a fancy long s (ſ / ʃ)?
A pound of fat looks like a pound of butter.
lb 1.5
it's a little round gold (coloured) coin with the queen's head on it. We used to have one pound notes, but not any more.
See the link below to the Royal Mint.
I have tried to type in the pound symbol for you but Answers.com won't allow it.
One British Pound is equal to 128.27 Japenese Yen as of April 18th, 2012. If you would like to look at FX rates yourself, I recommend using oanda.com
it looks like 5 one pound bowls of mashed potatoes in a big heap or sumart
it is the number sign
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if u were wonding how many ounces are in a pound look it up in a dictionary:( :) i <3 u
1 pound = 1 pound
The Twelve Pound Look was created in 1920.