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Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories. [3] The pound is the main unit of sterling, [4] [c] and the word pound is also used to refer to the British currency generally, [7] often qualified in international contexts as the British pound or the pound sterling. [4]
A currency symbol or currency sign is a graphic symbol used to denote a currency unit. Usually it is defined by a monetary authority, such as the national central bank for the currency concerned. A symbol may be positioned in various ways, according to national convention: before, between or after the numeric amounts: €2.50 , 2,50€ and 2 50 .
The pound sign (£) is the symbol for the pound unit of sterling – the currency of the United Kingdom and its associated Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories and previously of Great Britain and of the Kingdom of England.
Prior to decimalisation in 1971, there were 12 pence (written as 12d) in a shilling (written as 1s or 1/-) and 20 shillings in a pound, written as £1 (occasionally "L" was used instead of the pound sign, £). There were therefore 240 pence in a pound. For example, 2 pounds 14 shillings and 5 pence could have been written as £2 14s 5d or £2/14/5
Penny sterling, and the pegged pennies of Alderney, the Falklands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man and Saint Helena: Fraction The centesimal subdivision of a pound sterling, known as the "New Penny" when introduced in 1971 piastre: Lebanese and Syrian piastres A centesimal subdivision of the Lebanese and Syrian pounds ₱ peso ...
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Zambian pound: 1968 Jamaican dollar: 0.5 10/– Jamaican pound: 1969 Fijian dollar: 0.5 10/– Fijian pound: 1969 Rhodesian dollar: 0.5 10/– Rhodesian pound: 1970 Bermudian dollar: 0.4167 8/4 = 100d. Bermudian pound: 1970 Gambian dalasi: 0.2 4/– Gambian pound: 1971 Malawian kwacha: 0.5 10/– Malawian pound: 1971 Irish pound: 1 £1 Irish ...