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Pre-decimalisation value Post-decimalisation value [1] Dates of use Notes Mite 1 / 24 d £0.0001736 15th century The Flemish groat approximately matched the English penny c 1420-1480 and was divided into 24 mites. The latter was thus extended to mean 1 / 24 penny or 1 / 6 farthing even if not minted in Tudor England. [2 ...
British and Irish parliaments merged into the Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland: 1826 Country Bankers Act 1826: England & Wales Allowed joint-stock banks with more than six partners which were at least 65 miles away from London to print their own money. Bank of England allowed to open branches in major English provincial cities, enabling ...
British Indian Ocean Territory; United States dollar (de facto) [3] [4] Sterling (de jure) [5] [6] [7] US Federal Reserve System British Virgin Islands Turks and Caicos Islands; United States dollar Bahamian dollar also accepted in the Turks and Caicos Islands. US Federal Reserve System Anguilla Montserrat; Eastern Caribbean dollar (2.7EC$=1US$)
International dollar – hypothetical currency pegged 1:1 to the United States dollar; Jamaican dollar – Jamaica; Kiautschou dollar – Qingdao; Kiribati dollar – Kiribati; Liberian dollar – Liberia; Malaya and British Borneo dollar – Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, British North Borneo and Brunei; Malayan dollar – Brunei, Malaysia and ...
Examples of the standard reverse designs minted until 2008. Designed by Christopher Ironside (£2 coin is not shown).. 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.
Following the 2007–2008 financial crisis, sterling depreciated sharply, declining to £1 to US$1.38 on 23 January 2009 [118] and falling below £1 to €1.25 against the euro in April 2008. [119] There was a further decline during the remainder of 2008, most dramatically on 29 December when its euro rate hit an all-time low at €1.0219 ...
The £100 million note (nicknamed "Titan" simply because of its titanic value) backs the value of common circulating notes (£1, £5, £10, £20, £50, and £100 notes) issued by the six commercial banks in Scotland (Bank of Scotland, Royal Bank of Scotland, Clydesdale Bank) and Northern Ireland (Bank of Ireland, Danske Bank and Ulster Bank).
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