Currency of United Kingdom: British pound, today's rate £
The British Pound is the currency used in the following 8 countries: British Indian Ocean Territory, United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Guernsey, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, Isle of Man, Jersey, Tristan da Cunha. The code of British pound is GBP. We use £ as symbol of British pound. The British Pound is divided in 100 pence. GBP is regulated by Bank of England.
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- There are 12 coins for the British pound ( 1p , 2p , 3p , 4p , 5p , 10p , 20p , 25p , 50p , £1 , £2 and £5 ),
- the British pound has 6 banknotes ( £1 , £5 , £10 , £20 , £50 and £100 )
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The pound sterling, the British currency
The pound sterling is one of the oldest currencies still in circulation, having been created 13 centuries ago. It is understandable why the British didn't want to switch to the euro in 2002 at the same time as much of the rest of Europe because of their economy, which was sufficiently strong to once again reject it. In any case, the bankers in the City knew how to keep their independence.
This is one of the oldest currencies in the world, but not necessarily one of the most original ones. On all British coins and banknotes, you can find Queen Elizabeth II's head. And over time, you can also find commemorative coins featuring the heads of Edward VII, George V, Phillip (who are all Elizabeth II's ancestors) and symbols of the various components of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). Nothing too original there!! Well, British traditions still have some use left in them …..
Only once since the beginning of the 2000s have there been commemorative coins of more varied subject matter such as the discovery of DNA, bridges and even the European football championships of 1996.
Only three different pound sterling banknotes circulate in the world: 5, 10 and 20 pounds. There are many more coins (8 different ones). 1 pound is subdivided into 100 pence (or pennies).
"Pound" comes from the unit of weight of silver. "Penny" comes from the Germanic word "pfennig" and corresponded to 1/240th of a pound.
Exchange rate of British pound , currency of United Kingdom
GBP All currencies
GBP/currency | Converter | |
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British pound to euro | 1 GBP = 1.1612 EUR | |
British pound to Iraqi dinar | 1 GBP = 1783.1280 IQD | |
British pound to US dollar | 1 GBP = 1.3631 USD | |
British pound to Albanian lek | 1 GBP = 113.6514 ALL | |
British pound to Myanmar kyat | 1 GBP = 2859.8237 MMK | |
British pound to Afghan Afghani | 1 GBP = 95.1041 AFN | |
British pound to Colombian peso | 1 GBP = 5437.4414 COP | |
British pound to Tajikistani somoni | 1 GBP = 13.1015 TJS | |
British pound to Canadian dollar | 1 GBP = 1.8612 CAD | |
British pound to Ghanaian cedi | 1 GBP = 14.1567 GHS | |
British pound to Saudi riyal | 1 GBP = 5.1124 SAR | |
British pound to Bangladeshi taka | 1 GBP = 166.4739 BDT | |
British pound to Pakistani rupee | 1 GBP = 386.7437 PKR | |
British pound to Zambian kwacha | 1 GBP = 33.0255 ZMW | |
British pound to Tanzanian shilling | 1 GBP = 3593.4873 TZS | |
British pound to Ethiopian birr | 1 GBP = 188.9103 ETB | |
British pound to Libyan dinar | 1 GBP = 7.3318 LYD | |
British pound to British pound | 1 GBP = 1.0000 GBP | |
British pound to UAE dirham | 1 GBP = 5.0068 AED |
All currencies GBP
currency/GBP | Converter | |
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Bulgarian lev to British pound | 1 BGN = 0.4403 GBP | |
Ounces of Copper to British pound | 1 XCP = 9395.8528 GBP | |
Turkish lira to British pound | 1 TRY = 0.0183 GBP | |
Indian rupee to British pound | 1 INR = 0.0086 GBP | |
Philippine peso to British pound | 1 PHP = 0.0130 GBP | |
Croatian kuna to British pound | 1 HRK = 0.1143 GBP | |
US dollar to British pound | 1 USD = 0.7336 GBP | |
Bangladeshi taka to British pound | 1 BDT = 0.0060 GBP | |
euro to British pound | 1 EUR = 0.8611 GBP | |
Pakistani rupee to British pound | 1 PKR = 0.0026 GBP |
Currency Of United Kingdom
Major currencies
currency | ISO 4217 |
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US dollar | USD |
Bangladeshi taka | BDT |
Indian rupee | INR |
euro | EUR |
Pakistani rupee | PKR |
UAE dirham | AED |
Australian dollar | AUD |
Saudi riyal | SAR |
Canadian dollar | CAD |
Nigerian naira | NGN |