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Pound sterling

Sterling (symbol: £; code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its dependent territories and formerly of the Kingdom of England. The pound is the base unit of sterling, and the word pound is also used to refer to the British currency generally, often qualified in international contexts as the British pound or pound sterling. Since…

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penny
.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} £5
fiver[e] (colloquial)
Base unit
pound
Central bank
Bank of England[i]
Coins
1p · 2p · 5p · 10p · 20p
Date of introduction
c. 800; 1226 years ago (800)

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Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories

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History (600–1945)

History (1946–present)

Coins

Banknotes

Monetary policy

Legal tender and national issues

Value

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Pound sterling

Nodes378
Edges377
Triples109
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005291
Components1

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Pound sterling

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related to Great slump, 1464 · 17
Pound sterling → Bold, Burgundian, Burgundian Netherlands, Charles, England, English, Flemish, France's, French, German, Great Slump, Guldengroschen, It, Parisis, The, The Great Bullion Famine, Troy
related to Etymology · 16
Pound sterling → According, England, Grierson, Historia Ecclesiastica, In, It, Norman, Normans, Old English, Orderic Vitalis's, Oxford English Dictionary, Philip Grierson, Roman, The, This, Two
related to Symbol · 15
Pound sterling → Bank, British, England, English, GBP, Historically, In, Latin, Lsd, Notable, Roman, The, The ISO, The Royal Mint, Use
related to Tudor, 1551 · 10
Pound sterling → All, Americas, Crown, Enforcement, England, English, Great Debasement, Habsburg Netherlands, King Henry VIII, The
Coins · 8
Pound sterling → 10p, 1p, 20p, 2p, 50p, 5p, £1, £2
Freq. used · 4
Pound sterling → £10, £20, £5, £50[g][a]
related to External links · 4
Pound sterling → BBC News, Foreign, Official, Royal MintPound Sterling
related to history · 4
Pound sterling → Carolingian, England, Here, The
Website · 3
Pound sterling → www.bankofengland.co.uk, www.delarue.com, www.royalmint.com
penny · 2
Pound sterling → p, pence

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Important terminology

sterling england pound coins silver bank gold currency pence penny notes coin introduced new british shillings exchange value issued euro

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Pound sterling.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} £5fiver[e] (colloquial)1.00infobox
Pound sterlingBase unitpound1.00infobox
Pound sterlingCentral bankBank of England[i]1.00infobox
Pound sterlingCodeGBP (numeric: .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}826)1.00infobox
Pound sterlingCoins1p1.00infobox
Pound sterlingCoins2p1.00infobox
Pound sterlingCoins5p1.00infobox
Pound sterlingCoins10p1.00infobox
Pound sterlingCoins20p1.00infobox
Pound sterlingCoins50p1.00infobox
Pound sterlingCoins£11.00infobox
Pound sterlingCoins£21.00infobox
Pound sterlingDate of introductionc. 800; 1226 years ago (800)1.00infobox
Pound sterlingFreq. used£51.00infobox
Pound sterlingFreq. used£101.00infobox
Pound sterlingFreq. used£201.00infobox
Pound sterlingFreq. used£50[g][a]1.00infobox
Pound sterlingInflation3.1% or 2.9%1.00infobox
Pound sterlingMethodCPIH or CPI1.00infobox
Pound sterlingMintRoyal Mint1.00infobox
Pound sterlingNicknamequid[d]1.00infobox
Pound sterlingPegged bysee § Pegged currencies1.00infobox
Pound sterlingpennypence1.00infobox
Pound sterlingpennyp1.00infobox
Pound sterlingPluralpounds[b][c]1.00infobox
Pound sterlingPrinterDe La Rue[a]1.00infobox
Pound sterlingRarely used£1[h]1.00infobox
Pound sterlingRarely used£100[h]1.00infobox
Pound sterlingSourceOffice for National Statistics, 19 August 20261.00infobox

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