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For US dollars, the symbol '$' is sufficient abbreviation, unless there is a mixture of dollar currencies in the text. For other dollar currencies, '$' should be prefixed with the country abbreviation. For all other currencies, write the figure first followed by the currency name, for example, '100 million yuan'.

If you think you might have possession of a bill that's worth more than its face value, you can go online to look up the serial number. To test it out, I looked up the number on a $5 bill I had in my wallet at MyCurrencyCollection.com.

One of the easiest ways to spot a counterfeit is to look for any anomalies in the number panel at the top left and the bottom right side of the note. An authentic currency note will display these numbers in an ascending pattern from left to right.

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Its name derives from the Latin word "poundus" meaning "weight". The £ symbol comes from an ornate L in Libra. The pound was a unit of currency as early as 775AD in Anglo-Saxon England, equivalent to 1 pound weight of silver. This was a vast fortune in the 8th century.

The British pound sterling is symbolized by the pound sign (£) and is sometimes referred to simply as "sterling" or by the nickname "quid." Because stocks are traded in pence, the British term for pennies, investors may see stock prices listed as pence sterling, GBX or GBp.

Its name derives from the Latin word Libra for weight or balance, via the construction Libra Pondo, meaning a pound weight.The crossover with mass was not coincidental: its value originally equated to the price of a pound of silver.

The pound symbol looks like a calligraphic capital L with a crossbar through it. It can be typed on a Mac by pressing option+3. In a Windows environment, the pound symbol is accessed with the alt key+0163.

The symbol derives from the upper case Latin letter L, representing libra pondo, the basic unit of weight in the Roman Empire, which in turn is derived from the Latin word, libra, meaning scales or a balance.

The symbol derives from the upper case Latin letter L, representing libra pondo, the basic unit of weight in the Roman Empire, which in turn is derived from the Latin word, libra, meaning scales or a balance.