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The pound sterling (GBP; £ or ₤), also called just the pound, is the official currency used in the United Kingdom. It is also used in British overseas territories and the British Crown dependencies of the Isle of Man, Bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey. The pound is divided into 100 pence.
The standard circulating coinage of the United Kingdom, British Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories is denominated in pennies and pounds sterling (symbol "£", commercial GBP), and ranges in value from one penny sterling to two pounds.
The pound sterling (symbol: £; ISO 4217 currency code: GBP) is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and Tristan da Cunha .
pound sterling, the basic monetary unit of Great Britain, divided (since 1971) decimally into 100 new pence. The term is derived from the fact that, about 775, silver coins known as “sterlings” were issued in the Saxon kingdoms, 240 of them being minted from a pound of silver, the weight of which.
27 de jun. de 2016 · Anglo-Saxon era The pound was a unit of currency as early as 775AD in Anglo-Saxon England, equivalent to 1 pound weight of silver. This was a vast fortune in the 8th century. 928 Athelstan, the first King of England adopted sterling as the first national currency.
14 de feb. de 2014 · 14 February 2014. PA. By Ed Lowther. Political reporter, BBC News. With a credible claim to be the oldest living currency in the world, the pound has accompanied Britons through much of their...
The pound ( sign: £) is the main unit of sterling, [ 2] and the word "pound" is also used to refer to the British currency generally, [ 3] often qualified in international contexts as the British pound or the pound sterling. [ 2][ 3] In British English, its most common nickname is " quid ."
