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  2. Chilean peso (1817–1960) - Wikipedia

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    A gold standard was adopted in 1885, pegging the peso to the British pound sterling at a rate of 13+1⁄3 pesos = 1 pound (1 peso = 1 shilling and 6 pence); this was reduced in 1926 to 40 pesos = 1 pound (1 peso = 6 pence). In 1925, money circulation was controlled by the newly created Central Bank of Chile. The Monetary Law, published in the ...

  3. Chilean peso - Wikipedia

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    The popular new 1000-peso banknote was issued on 11 May 2011. [5] Since September 2004, the 2000-peso note has been issued only as a polymer banknote; the 5000-peso note began emission in polymer in September 2009; and the 1000-peso note was switched to polymer in May, 2011. This was the first time in Chilean history that a new family of ...

  4. List of British currencies - Wikipedia

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    Jersey pound (local, government-issued sterling banknotes and coins) Issued by license of the Bank of England to the Treasury and Resources Department, States of Jersey [2] Guernsey (including Alderney, Sark and Herm) Guernsey pound (local, government-issued sterling banknotes and coins) Alderney pound (local, government-issued commemorative coins)

  5. Pound sterling - Wikipedia

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    The currency sign for the pound unit of sterling is ... £50, £100, £200, £300, £500 and £1,000 issued. The Bank of Scotland began issuing notes in 1695.

  6. £sd - Wikipedia

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    The British pound sterling and Irish pound were among the last to be decimalised, on 15 February 1971. In places where £sd was used, there were several approaches to decimalisation: The pound remained the base unit (in Malta, using the Maltese name "lira"), but was subdivided into new fractional units of 1 ⁄ 100 of a pound.

  7. Pound (currency) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Banknotes of the pound sterling - Wikipedia

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    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. The Bank of England has a legal monopoly of banknote issuance in England and Wales.

  9. Piastre - Wikipedia

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    Successive currency reforms by debasing the Ottoman currency had reduced the value of the Ottoman piastre by the late 19th century so as to be worth about two pence (2d) sterling. Hence the name piastre referred to two distinct kinds of coins in two distinct parts of the world, both of which had descended from the Spanish pieces of eight.