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| ISO 4217 Code | GBP | ||
| Official user(s) |  United Kingdom
8 British territories[show]
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| Unofficial user(s) |  Zimbabwe[1] |
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| Inflation | 4.0% (UK CPI March 2011) 4.8% (UK RPI December 2010) −1.2% (Guernsey RPI September 2009) −0.6% (Jersey RPI September 2009) 3.3% (Isle of Man CPI December 2009) |
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| Source | BBC News, States of Guernsey, States of Jersey and Isle of Man Government' | ||
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| Since | 8 October 1990 | ||
| Withdrawn | 16 September 1992 (Black Wednesday) | ||
| Pegged by | Falkland Islands pound (at par) Gibraltar pound (at par) Saint Helena pound (at par) Jersey pound (local issue) Guernsey pound (local issue) Manx pound (local issue) Scotland notes (local issue) Northern Ireland notes (local issue) |
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| Subunit | |||
| 1/100 | penny | ||
| Symbol | £ | ||
| penny | p | ||
| Plural | |||
| penny | pence | ||
| Coins | |||
| Freq. used | 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2 | ||
| Rarely used | £5 | ||
| Banknotes | |||
| Freq. used | £5, £10, £20, £50 | ||
| Rarely used | £1 (Scot. only), £100 (Scot. & N. Ireland only) | ||
| Central bank | Bank of England | ||
| Website | www.bankofengland.co.uk | ||
| Printer | |||
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| Mint | Royal Mint | ||
| Website | www.royalmint.com | ||
- Coin Types from Great Britain Lists, pictures, and values of Great Britain coin types
- A history of sterling Daily Telegraph
- Purchasing Power of British Pounds from 1264 to 2007
- Five Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a UK Pound Amount, 1830–present
- Images of historic and modern British bank notes
- Exchange calculator and historic relationship between Pound sterling and the US dollar
- Current wholesale exchange rates between currencies
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| ISO 4217 Code | USD | ||||
| Official user(s) |  United States Panama[10] Ecuador[11] El Salvador[12]15 U.S. and 3 non-U.S.
territories[show] |
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| Unofficial user(s) |
13 other countries[show]
3 non-U.S. territories[show]
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| Inflation | 3.56%, June 2011. | ||||
| Source | inflationdata.com | ||||
| Method | CPI | ||||
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| 1/10 | Dime | ||||
| 1/100 | Cent | ||||
| 1/1000 | Mill (used in accounting and by fuel stations) | ||||
| Symbol | $ | ||||
| Nickname | Buck, bean, paper, dead president, smacker, and greenback. Plural: dough, bread, bones, simoleons, skrilla, bank clams. Also, Washingtons, Jeffersons, Lincolns, Jacksons, Benjamins, Grants, and Hamiltons are used based on denomination; also peso in Puerto Rico, and piastre in Cajun Louisiana. | ||||
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| Freq. used | 1¢, 5¢, 10¢, 25¢ | ||||
| Rarely used | 50¢, $1 | ||||
| Banknotes | |||||
| Freq. used | $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100 | ||||
| Rarely used | $2 | ||||
| Central bank | Federal Reserve System | ||||
| Website | www.federalreserve.gov | ||||
| Printer | Bureau of Engraving and Printing | ||||
| Website | www.moneyfactory.gov | ||||
| Mint | United States Mint | ||||
| Website | www.usmint.gov | ||||
| Euro | |||
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| ISO 4217 Code | EUR (num. 978) | ||
| Official user(s) |
4 territories outside the EU[show]
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| Unofficial user(s) | |||
| Inflation | 2.8%, April 2011 | ||
| Method | HICP | ||
| Pegged by | |||
| Symbol | € | ||
| Nickname | The single currency[1] |
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| Plural | See Euro linguistic issues | ||
| Coins | 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c, €1, €2 | ||
| Banknotes | €5, €10, €20, €50, €100, €200, €500 | ||
| Central bank | European Central Bank | ||
| Website | www.ecb.europa.eu | ||
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