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£.com - the pound's home on the net

Since 1560, four hundred and fifty years of evolution have culminated in the pound setting up its home on the internet, courtesy of £.com.

£.com is one of only two, very famous, symbol-based '.com' domain names in the world.
(to access £.com directly, users need to have a 2006, or later, web browser
and be in one of the 18 countries that have the £ symbol on their keyboards)

To download images from the site, click here (zip file).

£ facts: The pound is such an important global currency that, in addition to the UK , the £ symbol may be found on the keyboards of 17 other countries, including: Belgium , Brazil , Canada (French) , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Greece , Italy , Luxembourg , Malta , Netherlands , Norway , Portugal , Sweden , Switzerland , Turkey The pound is also one of the oldest currencies in the world, and was introduced in 1560 in the reign of Elizabeth I. The American dollar $, British pound £, Japanese yen ¥ and European euro €, are the four most powerful currencies in the world. The Bank of England may be said to be the physical home of the pound, £.com is its virtual home...

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