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The pound sign(£) is the symbolfor the pound unitof sterling– the currencyof the United Kingdomand its associated Crown Dependenciesand British Overseas Territoriesand previously of Great Britainand of the Kingdom of England. The same symbol is used for other currencies called pound, such as the Egyptianand Syrianpounds. The sign may be drawn with one or two bars depending on personal ...
The euro sign ( €) is the currency sign used for the euro, the official currency of the eurozone and adopted, although not required to, by Kosovo and Montenegro.
The United States dollar ( symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries. The Coinage Act of 1792 introduced the U.S. dollar at par with the Spanish silver dollar, divided it ...
The symbol # is known variously in English-speaking regions as the number sign, [1] hash, [2] or pound sign. [3] The symbol has historically been used for a wide range of purposes including the designation of an ordinal number and as a ligatured abbreviation for pounds avoirdupois – having been derived from the now-rare ℔.
The euro ( symbol: €; currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the 27 member states of the European Union. This group of states is officially known as the euro area or, more commonly, the eurozone. The euro is divided into 100 euro cents. [6] [7]
FORT WORTH, TEXAS – Kaelen Culpepper sat in the Cowtown Coliseum green room alongside seven family members, and he burst into tears when he heard his name called as the Twins' first-round pick ...
The lira ( Turkish: Türk lirası; sign: ₺; ISO 4217 code: TRY; [1] abbreviation: TL) is the official currency of Turkey and Northern Cyprus, as well as one of the two currencies used in northern Syria under the country's interim government. [2] One lira is divided into one hundred kuruş .
The U.S. Dollar Index ( USDX, DXY, DX, or, informally, the "Dixie") is an index (or measure) of the value of the United States dollar relative to a basket of foreign currencies, [1] often referred to as a basket of U.S. trade partners' currencies. [2] The Index goes up when the U.S. dollar gains "strength" (value) when compared to other currencies. [3]