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muriel_volestrangler

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11. It's actually a stylised capital 'L', for 'libra'

Reply to msongs (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 3, 2022, 04:55 AM

Mar 2022

which is the Latin for a measure of weight (as well as 'scales') - 'lira' comes from that too. Old British money, used until 1971, was called 'Lsd' (before the drug ...) - standing for Libra, solidus (for the shilling) and denarius (for the penny). The proper abbreviation for an old penny was 'd', so a price could be £1.2s.6d.

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( lbs always means weight; £ will get you a pound sterling sign in the title (nt)) muriel_volestrangler Mar 2022 #1

learn somethink new every day tho it does look rather like a capital e nt msongs Mar 2022 #4

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