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All de facto present currencies in Europe, and an incomplete list of the preceding currency, are listed here. In Europe, the most commonly used currency is the euro (used by 26 countries); any country entering the European Union (EU) is expected to join the eurozone [ 1 ] when they meet the five convergence criteria. [ 2 ]
Flag of Poland, badge of the Polish Military Organization 50,000 August 31, 2018 19 zł 150 x 77 mm Ignacy Jan Paderewski and a stylized image of the Order of the White Eagle; word niepodległa (“independent”) Current headquarters of the Polish Security Printing Works 55,000 October 2, 2019 20 zł 150 x 77 mm Brown-green, blue
Polish coat of arms' eagle, inscription: "Rzeczpospolita Polska" and the year of minting denomination with a simple plant ornament 1923 1925 1928 1930 1931 1934-1939 1939 10 groszy 17.6 0.92 2 nickel: Polish coat of arms' eagle, inscription: "Rzeczpospolita Polska" and the year of minting denomination with a complicated bush ornament 1923 1923 1939
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]
The English word "pound" derives from the Latin expression lībra pondō, in which lībra is a noun meaning 'pound' and pondō is an adverb meaning 'by weight'. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The currency's symbol is ' £ ' , a stylised form of the blackletter 'L' ( L {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {L}}} ) (from libra ), crossed to indicate abbreviation.
The UK government devalued the pound sterling in November 1967 from £1 = $2.80 to £1 = $2.40. This was not welcomed in many parts of the sterling area, and, unlike in the 1949 devaluation, many sterling area countries did not devalue their currencies at the same time. This was the beginning of the end for the sterling area.
Pound sterling United Kingdom £ GBP: was part of EU until Brexit [j] Portuguese escudo Portugal $ (PTE) 1999/2002 200.482 Slovak koruna Slovakia: Sk (SKK) 2009 30.126 Slovenian tolar Slovenia: T (SIT) 2007 239.64 Spanish peseta Spain ₧ (ESP) 1999/2002 166.386 European Currency Unit: Accounting only ₠, ECU or XEU (XEU) 1999/2002 1 [k]
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.