Poond sterling

The poond sterling (seembol: £; ISO code: GBP), subdividit intae 100 pence (singular: penny), is the siller o the Unitit Kinrick, its Croun dependencies (the Isle o Man an the Chainel Islands) an the Breetish Owerseas Territories o Sooth Georgia an the Sooth Sandwich Islands, Breetish Antarctic Territory an Breetish Indian Ocean Territory.Foreign and Commonwealth Office country profiles: South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsForeign and Commonwealth Office country profiles: British Antarctic TerritoryForeign and Commonwealth Office country profiles: British Indian Ocean Territory

This airticle kivers the history o sterling an the issues o sterling in Ingland, Great Breetain an the Unitit Kinrick. For ither associatit issues see Manx poond, Jersey poond an Gansey poond. The Gibraltar poond, Falkland Islands poond an Saint Helenian poond is sindert sillers, peggit tae the poond sterling. For the umwhile siller o the Kinrick o Scotland cried the poond, see Poond scots.

 Expandin tae Scotland 
In 1603, the crouns o Ingland an Scotland wis jyned but the govrenments an sillers bid sindert. Houaniver, the poond scots, that haed began equal tae sterling but haed suffert far heicher devaluation, wis peggit tae sterling at a vailie o 12 poond Scots = 1 poond sterling. In 1707, wi the union o the twa kinricks tae form Great Breetain, the poond scots wis replaced bi sterling at the same vailie.

 Cuinyies 
The're 8 cuinyies o the poond sterling: 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 an £2.

 Baunk notes 
Poond sterling baunk notes are prentit by several sindry baunks athort the Unitit Kinrick an it's croun dependencies.

 Scots baunk notes
 Inglis baunk notes
 Northren Erse baunk notes
 Manx baunk notes
 Jersey baunk notes
 Guernsey bank notes
 Notes 

 Fremmit airtins 
 Poond sterling baunk notes (Inglis baunk notes)
 Scots baunk notes
 Northren Erse baunk notes
 Jersey baunk notes
 Guernsey bank notes
 Gibraltar bank notes

Category:Siller