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The pound (Afrikaans: pond; symbol £, £SA [1] for distinction) was the currency of the Union of South Africa from the formation of the country as a British Dominion in 1910. It was replaced by the rand in 1961 when South Africa decimalised. In 1825, an imperial order-in-council made sterling coinage legal tender in all the British colonies.
Leu is the singular and Lei is the plural. Also sometimes L: Le: leone Sierra Leonean leone: лев lev: lev Bulgarian lev: L ⁄ E: lilangeni Swazi lilangeni: L is the singular and E is the plural ₺ lira Turkish lira: Previously official sign was TL, still used when ₺ is unavailable U+20BA ₺ TURKISH LIRA SIGN: L ⁄ M: loti Lesotho loti
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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] Sterling is the world's oldest currency in continuous use since its inception. [8]
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The pound (or livre in French) was introduced in 1919 and was set at a value of 20 francs. [6] As the political status of Lebanon evolved, the Banque de Syrie, which was to act as the official bank for Lebanon and Syria, was renamed the Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban (BSL). BSL issued the Syro-Lebanese pound for 15 years, starting in 1924.
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