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      • 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.
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    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.

  3. The currency sign for the pound unit of sterling is £, which (depending on typeface) may be drawn with one or two bars: the Bank of England has exclusively used the single bar variant since 1975.

    • The Modern British Monetary System: Pounds and Pence. We'll start with the easy bit. In 1971, the British government converted the pound into a decimalised currency, which means it works very similarly to dollars and Euros.
    • Modern British Money Slang. The most popular slang term for British money is “quid”. A quid = £1, and there's no plural form to the word. You can have one quid, five quid, a million quid – but you don't have quids.
    • British Coins. There are 8 coins currently in circulation: 1 penny. 2 pence. 5 pence. 10 pence. 20 pence. 50 pence. 1 pound. 2 pounds. The image above will give you an idea what they look like, but remember that designs can vary (there are quite a few collector's pieces in circulation) – and also keep in mind that the pound was redesigned in 2017, and the older design has been withdrawn from circulation.
    • British Banknotes. There are four denominations of Bank of England notes currently in circulation: £5 £10. £20. £50. Most people visiting the UK will deal primarily in the first three.
  4. 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.

  5. Dec 16, 2013 · The British pound symbol ( £ ) is a stylized version of the Ancient Roman symbol for “Pound”, as in a measurement of weight. The English/Roman system ended in 1970 but for those nostalgic for this non-decimal system it went something like this: Two slashes separated the major elements of currency: Pounds/shillings/pence abbreviated as £/s/d.

  6. The £ sign developed over the years from the letter L, the initial letter of the Latin word libra meaning a pound of money. It is not known for certain when the horizontal line or lines, which indicate an abbreviation, first came to be drawn through the L.

  7. The introduction of the British pound coin in 1983 marked a significant milestone in the history of UK currency. As a replacement for the one pound note, the pound coin offered enhanced durability and longevity.

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