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Britain
does not use the Euro although some major establishment
will accept it
The unit of British currency is the Great Britain Pound
(GBP) sterling.
One pound is sub-divided into 100 Pence. One penny is the
lowest unit available.
You will find that most prices are rounded off to 99pence
so expect to carry quite a few pennies around .
There are no restrictions on the import or export of either
local or foreign currency.
£50 notes are not common, and sometimes looked with
suspicion because of the danger of forgeries.
The banknotes currently in use are:
a £5 note featuring Elizabeth Fry;
a £10 note featuring Charles Darwin;
a £20 note featuring Sir Edward Elgar; (Older but
still in use for the forseeable future)
a NEW £20 banknote introduced on the 13th of
March 2007 ( Adam Smith, the 18th century philosopher and
economist, on the back of the new note)
a £50 note featuring Sir John Houblon, the first Governor
of the Bank of England.
older style banknotes now out of circulation:
The older style £5 note, featuring George Stephenson
was withdrawn from circulation on 21 November 2003.
The older style £10 note, featuring Charles Dickens
was withdrawn from circulation on 31 July 2003.
The older style £20 note, featuring Michael Faraday
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The
New Twenty Pounds Banknote also used with the above older type.
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The
New Twenty Pounds Banknote also used with the above older type.
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British Coins
1p.
ONE PENCE
Diameter: 20 mm
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2p.
TWO PENCE
Diameter: 25.90 mm
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5p.
FIVE PENCE
Diameter: 18.00 mm
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10p.
TEN PENCE Diameter: 24.5 mm
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20p.
TWENTY PENCE
Diameter: 21.4 mm
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50p.
FIFTY PENCE
Diameter: 27.3 mm
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£1
ONE POUND
Diameter: 22.5 mm
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£2
- TWO POUNDS
Diameter: 28.4 mm
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note : 50 pence, one pound and two pounds coins can occasionaly
vary the face look depending on a particular year,the coins size
and 'feel' remains the same, for semplicity we have shown the
most common coins in use today. |
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