Why does my Left Shift +Num Keys produce Euro characters and Right Shift + Num Keys produce American?

I am running Lion (10.7.4) on my 2010 13" MBP. When I press my Left Shift and various Num Keys (1-9), I get Euro characters (⁄ € ‹ › fi fl ‡ ° · ‚). When I use my Right Shift, I get the standard American characters (! @ # $ % ^ & * ( )).
I have already tried restarting my computer, but this has not helped. In my language/keyboard settings, everything is set to USA. I do have multiple inputs on this machine but the flag is always on US. Occasionally, I switch to Japanese keyboards but those are not active and the problem described above appears when the US flag is displayed.

It looks like your right shift is somehow also depressing the option/alt key.  I would suspect damage to your keyboard, which may need repair/replacement.

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