Pound sterling

E2882

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.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Pound sterling canonical	317
pound sterling	54
GBP	32
British pound sterling	23
British pound	5
British pounds	1
Pound (currency)	1
Pound sterling (accepted)	1
Pound sterling (as distinct local issue)	1
pounds sterling	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	Pound sterling self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Northern Ireland (coins and Bank of England notes) Scotland (coins only) ⓘ
localName	pound ⓘ Pound sterling self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: sterling
monetaryAuthority	Bank of England ⓘ surface form: Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England
monetarySystem	decimal ⓘ
nickname	quid ⓘ
officialCurrencyOf	British Antarctic Territory ⓘ British Indian Ocean Territory ⓘ Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ surface form: Guernsey Isle of Man (crown dependency) ⓘ surface form: Isle of Man Channel Islands (crown dependencies) ⓘ surface form: Jersey Saint Helena ⓘ surface form: 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 (437)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thirteen Colonies → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

Kingdom of Great Britain → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

United Kingdom → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

United Kingdom → currencyCode → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: GBP

United Kingdom → currencyUser → Pound sterling ⓘ

Province of Quebec → usedCurrency → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: British pound

2002 Commonwealth Games → currencyOfHostCity → Pound sterling ⓘ

Zimbabwe → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: British pound sterling

England → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

London, England → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

subject surface form: London

Province of New Jersey → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: pound sterling

Province of North Carolina → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

Pound sterling → ISO4217Code → Pound sterling self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: GBP

Pound sterling → localName → Pound sterling self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: sterling

British Empire → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

PayPal → supportsCurrency → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: British pound sterling

Bank of England → issuesCurrency → Pound sterling ⓘ

Bank of England → currencyCode → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: GBP

Isle of Man (crown dependency) → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

subject surface form: Isle of Man

Zimbabwean dollar → replacedBy → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: British pound sterling

Channel Islands (crown dependencies) → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

subject surface form: Channel Islands

Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

Summer Olympics 2012 → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

subject surface form: 2012 Summer Olympics

London Stock Exchange → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

Natal Colony → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: pound sterling

British Armed Forces → budgetCurrency → Pound sterling ⓘ

Ascension Island → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

Gibraltar → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

New Jersey pound → subdivisionOf → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: pound sterling

New Jersey pound → coexistedWith → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: British pound sterling

Wales → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

Isle of Wight → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

Tristan da Cunha → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

Trinity College, Cambridge → endowmentCurrency → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: GBP

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

British Antarctic Territory → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

Saint Helena → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

North Carolina pound → follows → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: pound sterling

North Carolina pound → usedAlongside → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: pound sterling

Charlton, Hertfordshire, England → usesCurrency → Pound sterling ⓘ

Copley Medal → currencyOfMonetaryComponent → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: pound sterling

Scotland → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

London City Airport → usesCurrency → Pound sterling ⓘ

Bristol → usesCurrency → Pound sterling ⓘ

Northern Ireland → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

Falkland Islands → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

Australian pound → precededBy → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: British pound sterling

HMT → uses → Pound sterling ⓘ

subject surface form: HM Treasury

this entity surface form: pound sterling

Clydesdale Bank → currencyOfOperations → Pound sterling ⓘ