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

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3674 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Pound sterling
Context triple: [Thirteen Colonies, currency, Pound sterling]

A. US dollar
The US dollar is the official currency of the United States and the world’s primary reserve currency used widely in global trade and finance.
B. Soviet ruble
The Soviet ruble was the official monetary unit of the USSR, used throughout the Soviet planned economy until the country's dissolution in 1991.
C. Japanese yen
The Japanese yen is Japan's official fiat currency and one of the world's most traded reserve currencies in global foreign exchange markets.
D. Chilean peso
The Chilean peso is the official monetary unit of Chile, used for everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
E. United Kingdom
The United Kingdom is a sovereign country in northwestern Europe comprising England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, known for its parliamentary democracy, global cultural influence, and historic role in world affairs.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

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

A. Deutsche Mark
The Deutsche Mark was the former official currency of West Germany and later unified Germany, renowned for its stability and strength until it was replaced by the euro.
B. US dollar
The US dollar is the official currency of the United States and the world’s primary reserve currency used widely in global trade and finance.
C. Australian dollar
The Australian dollar is the official national currency of Australia, used across all its states and territories and recognized as a major traded currency globally.
D. Soviet ruble
The Soviet ruble was the official monetary unit of the USSR, used throughout the Soviet planned economy until the country's dissolution in 1991.
E. Japanese yen
The Japanese yen is Japan's official fiat currency and one of the world's most traded reserve currencies in global foreign exchange markets.
F. None of above. chosen

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (437)

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

British Post Office → usedCurrency → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: pound sterling

Hull → usesCurrency → Pound sterling ⓘ

subject surface form: Kingston upon Hull

Ulster Bank → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

University of Aberdeen → endowmentCurrency → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: GBP

Falkland Islands pound → peggedTo → Pound sterling ⓘ

Falkland Islands pound → parityMaintainedWith → Pound sterling ⓘ

Falkland Islands pound → replacedCurrency → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pound sterling (as distinct local issue)

Falkland Islands pound → usesSameValueAs → Pound sterling ⓘ

New Hampshire Colony → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: British pound

First Trust Bank → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

Gibraltar pound → peggedTo → Pound sterling ⓘ

Gibraltar pound → exchangeRateParityWith → Pound sterling ⓘ

Gibraltar pound → usesSameSymbolAs → Pound sterling ⓘ

Gibraltar pound → usedAlongside → Pound sterling ⓘ

Province of Delaware → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

University of Glasgow → endowmentCurrency → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: GBP

Saint Helena pound → peggedTo → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: pound sterling

Saint Helena pound → usedWith → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: pound sterling

Saint Helena pound → circulatesAlongside → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: British pound sterling

Arthur C. Clarke Award → currencyOfMonetaryPrize → Pound sterling ⓘ

East Jersey → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: pound sterling

Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain → usedCurrency → Pound sterling ⓘ

West Jersey → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: pound sterling

Manx pound → peggedTo → Pound sterling ⓘ

Manx pound → usesSameSymbolAs → Pound sterling ⓘ

Manx pound → usedAlongside → Pound sterling ⓘ

Manx pound → usesSameSubunitStructureAs → Pound sterling ⓘ

National Insurance contributions → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

British Indian Ocean Territory → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

FTSE 100 → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

ZWD → successorCurrenciesUsed → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: British pound sterling

Rhodesian dollar → linkedTo → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: pound sterling

Rhodesian pound → peggedTo → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: pound sterling

East Sussex → usesCurrency → Pound sterling ⓘ

UK Shared Prosperity Fund → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

United Colonies → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

2014 Commonwealth Games → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: GBP

Guernsey pound → circulatesAlongside → Pound sterling ⓘ

Guernsey pound → peggedTo → Pound sterling ⓘ

Guernsey pound → peggedAtParWith → Pound sterling ⓘ

Guernsey pound → historicalLink → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: British pound sterling

Guernsey pound → category → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pound (currency)

Jethou → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

2022 Commonwealth Games → currencyOfHostCountry → Pound sterling ⓘ

Herm → hasCurrency → Pound sterling ⓘ

Sark → currency → Pound sterling ⓘ

Saint Peter Port → usesCurrency → Pound sterling ⓘ

Jersey pound → peggedTo → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: pound sterling

Jersey pound → usesISO4217CodeOf → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: GBP

Jersey pound → usedAlongside → Pound sterling ⓘ

this entity surface form: pound sterling

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