Pound (currency)

A pound is any of various units of currency in some nations. The term originated in the Frankish Empire as a result of Charlemagne's currency reform ("pound" from Latin pondus, a unit of weight) and was subsequently taken to Great Britain as the value of a pound (weight) of silver. As of December 2019, this amount of silver was worth approximately £147 sterling. The currency's symbol is £, a stylised representation of the blackletter L , standing for libra (Latin: "pound").

Pound (currency)

A pound is any of various units of currency in some nations. The term originated in the Frankish Empire as a result of Charlemagne's currency reform ("pound" from Latin pondus, a unit of weight) and was subsequently taken to Great Britain as the value of a pound (weight) of silver. As of December 2019, this amount of silver was worth approximately £147 sterling. The currency's symbol is £, a stylised representation of the blackletter L , standing for libra (Latin: "pound").