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(keithfre @ Apr 1 2008, 12:54 PM) *

...lbs is the abbreviation for weight, not money! The most common international abbreviations for pounds sterling are ENP, GBP

I've seen both "GBP" and "UKP", but almost always the first; I've never seen "ENP".

But definitely not "lbs" for money.

 

According to the Oxford Dictionary:

"This sign is simply a capital letter L, written in old-fashioned roundhand, with one or two crossbars to show that it is being used as a symbol or abbreviation. The L stands for the Latin word libra, the name of a Roman unit of weight, which also gave rise to the abbreviation lb for a pound as a measure of weight, and to the French word livre."

 

So using Lbs for money my not follow modern conventions, but its origin is the same as the Pound symbol