CURRENCIE · GBP
Pound sterling
The currency of the United Kingdom.
£
ISOGBP
Symbol£
Statuscurrent
Minor unitpenny
History
Traces to the 'sterling' silver penny of King Offa's reform around 760, when 240 pennies equalled one pound weight of silver. Decimalised in 1971 and free-floating since 1972.
Sources
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