The face value of a pound coin

The pound is mainly issued by the Bank of England, and the most commonly used symbol of the pound is. The currency code of ISO 42 17 adopted by the International Organization for Standardization is the pound.

British coins are mainly divided into the following denominations:

1p, 2p (small brown copper plate)?

5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, (silver coins)?

1 GBP, 2 GBP (yellowish coins)

The pictures of major currencies are as follows:

Extended data:

The British pound is the standard unit of currency in Britain, issued by the Bank of England and established in 1694. The original units of secondary currency were shillings and pennies, 1 pound was equal to 20 shillings, 1 shilling was equal to 1 2p, 197 1 February 15. The Bank of England adopted a new currency rounding system, and the unit of secondary currency was changed to new pence. The denominations of banknotes in circulation are 5 10, 20 and 50, and the denominations of coins are 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 new pence and 1.

Coin: One pound is equal to 100 new pence. The front of all coins is a statue of the British monarch. Coins minted in different administrative regions have different patterns except the currency value on the back, but no matter which administrative region coins are minted, they are all common in the whole country.

Coins are divided into: half a penny (1985 stopped circulating), 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, 1bp (different casting years will have different back prints, but the monarch's head remains the same), 2bp, krona (.

Paper money: British paper money is divided into: 1 (Scotland only), 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 (Scotland and Northern Ireland only). All banknotes are printed with the British monarch, serial number and currency on the front, and different banknotes are printed with different portraits of British celebrities.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-GBP