Pound sterling

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currency fiat currency national currency

The pound sterling is the official currency of the United Kingdom and one of the world’s oldest continuously used monetary units.

Aliases (7)

pound sterling ×33
GBP ×14
British pound sterling ×10
British pound ×2
Pound (currency) ×1
Pound sterling (as distinct local issue) ×1
sterling ×1

Statements (74)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	currency → fiat currency → national currency →
centralBank	Bank of England →
country	United Kingdom →
currencySignPlacement	before amount →
dateOfIntroduction	8th century →
decimalisationDate	1971-02-15 →
denomination	10p coin → 1p coin → 20p coin → 2p coin → 50p coin → 5p coin → £1 coin → £10 banknote → £2 coin → £20 banknote → £5 banknote → £50 banknote →
formerSubunit	old penny → shilling →
formerSubunitToUnit	20 shillings (pre-decimal) → 240 (pre-decimal) →
historicalStandard	gold standard (historically) → silver standard (early history) →
ISO4217Code	GBP →
issuingAuthority	Bank of England → Bank of Scotland → Clydesdale Bank → Danske Bank → First Trust Bank → Royal Bank of Scotland → Ulster Bank →
language	English →
legalTenderIn	England and Wales → Northern Ireland (coins and Bank of England notes) → Scotland (coins only) →
localName	pound → sterling →
monetaryAuthority	Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England →
monetarySystem	decimal →
nickname	quid →
officialCurrencyOf	British Antarctic Territory → British Indian Ocean Territory → Guernsey → Isle of Man → Jersey → Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha → South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands → Tristan da Cunha → United Kingdom →
peggedCurrencies	Falkland Islands pound → Gibraltar pound → Saint Helena pound →
rankByReserveHoldings	one of top global reserve currencies →
region	Europe →
replacedCurrency	Irish pound (in some UK-related territories historically) →
scope	one of the world’s oldest continuously used currencies →
status	active →
subunit	penny →
subunitNamePlural	pence →
subunitToUnit	100 →
symbol	£ →
unitFractionalName	penny →
usedAsReserveCurrency	yes →
usedBefore	euro (in some European countries, not UK) →
usedIn	British Overseas Territories → Crown dependencies → England → Northern Ireland → Scotland → Wales →
writingSystem	Latin alphabet →

Referenced by (175)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
2012 Summer Olympics → 2014 Commonwealth Games ("GBP") → Akrotiri and Dhekelia → Alternative Investment Market → Ascension Island → Ascott → British America → British Antarctic Territory → British Empire → British Indian Ocean Territory → British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha → Channel Islands → Cold Weather Payment → Colony of Maryland → Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations → Coronation of George IV → Douglas, Isle of Man → East Florida → East Jersey ("pound sterling") → England → FTSE 100 → FTSE 250 Index → FTSE 350 Index → FTSE All-Share Index → Falkland Islands → First Trust Bank → Gibraltar → Great Britain → Greater Manchester Zone 4 → HBOS → Hong Kong under British rule ("pound sterling") → Isle of Man → Isle of Wight → Jethou → Kingdom of Great Britain → London → London Stock Exchange → Main Market → Natal Colony ("pound sterling") → National Insurance contributions → National Lottery → New Hampshire Colony ("British pound") → Northern Ireland → Personal Independence Payment → Province of Carolina → Province of Delaware → Province of New England → Province of New Jersey ("pound sterling") → Province of North Carolina → SETSqx ("GBP") → Saint Helena → Sark → Scotland → Short Money → South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands → Sutton → Thirteen Colonies → Travelcard → Tristan da Cunha → UK Shared Prosperity Fund → Ulster Bank → United Colonies → United Kingdom → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland → Wales → West Jersey ("pound sterling") → Zimbabwe ("British pound sterling") →	currency
Belfast City Airport → Blackpool → Bristol → Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, Ireland → Charlton, Hertfordshire, England → Douglas → East Sussex → Gatwick Diamond → Harrogate → Haymarket (street) → Heathfield → Inner London → Jamestown → Kingston upon Hull → London City Airport → Market Drayton → Oban → Outer London → Peterborough → Principality Building Society → Saint Peter Port →	usesCurrency
Bermudian pound ("pound sterling") → Ceylon rupee ("pound sterling") → Danzig gulden → Falkland Islands pound → Gibraltar pound → Guernsey pound → Irish Free State pound ("pound sterling") → Jersey pound ("pound sterling") → Malaya and British Borneo dollar ("pound sterling") → Manx pound → New Zealand pound ("pound sterling") → Palestine pound ("pound sterling") → Rhodesian pound ("pound sterling") → Saint Helena pound ("pound sterling") → South African pound ("pound sterling") → Virginia pound ("pound sterling") →	peggedTo
British Post Office ("pound sterling") → Goose Green → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain → Province of Quebec ("British pound") → Swan River Colony →	usedCurrency
Gibraltar pound → Jersey pound ("pound sterling") → Manx pound → North Carolina pound ("pound sterling") →	usedAlongside
Trinity College, Cambridge ("GBP") → University of Aberdeen ("GBP") → University of Glasgow ("GBP") →	endowmentCurrency
South Carolina pound ("pound sterling") → Virginia pound ("pound sterling") →	basedOn
British Armed Forces → UK Space Command →	budgetCurrency
Guernsey pound → Saint Helena pound ("British pound sterling") →	circulatesAlongside
Bank of England ("GBP") → United Kingdom ("GBP") →	currencyCode
2022 Commonwealth Games → Games of the XXX Olympiad →	currencyOfHostCountry
Glencore ("GBP") → Lloyds Banking Group ("GBP") →	currencyOfListing
Bermudian pound ("pound sterling") → North Carolina pound ("pound sterling") →	follows
Betfred ("GBP") → Herm →	hasCurrency
Aden shilling ("pound sterling") → Rhodesian dollar ("pound sterling") →	linkedTo
Falkland Islands pound → Irish Free State pound ("pound sterling") →	parityMaintainedWith
Gibraltar pound → Manx pound →	usesSameSymbolAs
Bank Rate →	appliesToCurrency
British Home Department ("pound sterling") →	budgetUnit
Guernsey pound ("Pound (currency)") →	category
New Jersey pound ("British pound sterling") →	coexistedWith
Virgin Money →	currencyOfAccount
2002 Commonwealth Games →	currencyOfHostCity
Copley Medal ("pound sterling") →	currencyOfMonetaryComponent
Arthur C. Clarke Award →	currencyOfMonetaryPrize
Clydesdale Bank →	currencyOfOperations
Barclays →	currencyOfReporting
CREST ("pound sterling") →	currencyOfSettlement
SETS ("GBP") →	currencyOfTrading
Great Exhibition of 1851 →	currencyOfTransactions
United Kingdom →	currencyUser
Gibraltar pound →	exchangeRateParityWith
Bahraini dinar ("British pound sterling") →	hasHighPerUnitValueAgainst
Guernsey pound ("British pound sterling") →	historicalLink
FTSE 250 Index ("GBP") →	isDenominatedIn
Pound sterling ("GBP") →	ISO4217Code
Bank of England →	issuesCurrency
Pound sterling ("sterling") →	localName
Palestine pound ("pound sterling") →	modeledOn
UK Debt Management Office →	operatesInCurrency
Guernsey pound →	peggedAtParWith
Australian pound ("British pound sterling") →	precededBy
New Zealand pound ("British pound sterling") →	relatedCurrency
Zimbabwean dollar ("British pound sterling") →	replacedBy
Falkland Islands pound ("Pound sterling (as distinct local issue)") →	replacedCurrency
New Jersey pound ("pound sterling") →	subdivisionOf
ZWD ("British pound sterling") →	successorCurrenciesUsed
PayPal ("British pound sterling") →	supportsCurrency
EZJ →	tradesInCurrency
Saint Helena pound ("pound sterling") →	usedWith
HM Treasury ("pound sterling") →	uses
Jersey pound ("GBP") →	usesISO4217CodeOf
Manx pound →	usesSameSubunitStructureAs
Falkland Islands pound →	usesSameValueAs