What is the pound sign in English money look like?

Answer 1

as the user above wrote : £

Here is also a fullwidth variant : ￡(halfwidth & fullwidth variants, respectively).

Here is also a fullwidth variant :

For those who didn't ask :

The L-shaped 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 glyph was actually supposed to be a fancy long s (ſ / ʃ)?

maybe it's unintentional & the glyph was actuallysupposed to be a fancy long s (ſ / ʃ)?

supposed to be a fancy long s (ſ / ʃ)?supposed to be a fancy long s (ſ / ʃ)?

Answer 2

The pound sign looks like this: £