From: utzoo!decvax!microsof!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!micomvax!ray
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Title: Re: What is the # called?
Article-I.D.: micomvax.140
Posted: Tue Apr 26 00:52:47 1983
Received: Sat Apr 30 00:14:15 1983
References: <284@nmtvax.UUCP> uw-june.407


# is NOT pounds weight, it IS pounds sterling.

This is the character replaced by a pound sterling symbol in UK
character sets, and is used to represent sterling if no sterling
symbol is available.