£ sign missing

I run OE6 and use the £ sign at times.
This works O.K. in everything I do, except when writing e-mail messages
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When I press the upper case button for the £ sign it comes up a an upper case T
Anyone out there got an answer please
radish

You could try changing the format when typing the message.

Open a New message and click Format > Encoding.

Try 'Western European (Windows)'

Thanks Reverend
Did as you suggested, and then changed from Rich Text, to Plain Text
Voila !!! Success
Radish