Annoying as it may well be but German keyboard doesn’t spots a GBP(£) symbol anywhere on it. Or for that matter you can do this on any keyboard not spotting your desired currency symbol. Although the most recent additions come only as in “Unicode numbers”
Smart enough ASCII characters are combinations for all these issues.
Try the alternatives as below
Hold down the left ALT key and type in 156 (from numeric keys) = Voilla £ pops up
Also, alternatively
Holding down Left ALT key and keying in 0163 gives you the GBP symbol £
Summary (In Short)
(Left)ALT156
(Left)ALT0163
More Currencies ASCII Codes
| ASCII KeysCode | Currencies Symbol |
| ALT156 OR ALT0163 | £ |
| ALT36 | $ |
| ALT0162 | ¢ |
| ALT0128 | € |
| ALT0165 | ¥ |
| ALT0131 | ƒ |
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