£--did this by holding down "alt" key and typing 0163 then let up key...
£ --- you can cut and paste from here too.
sort of looks liike an upside down 3 with a line thru it..
but hope you find something that works.
Did you go to control panel, region and language options?
or windows, fonts may have other choices.
Or you could go to:
Start, All programs, Accessories, system tools, Character map
in Typographic Symbols, WST English you can find this one:
but when i copy and paste a symbol which on my screen looks like
a pound sterling symbol, i get this tic-tac-toe # pound sign...