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There are four denominations (values) of Bank of England notes in circulation: £5, £10, £20 and £50. They all feature either the portrait of King Charles III or of Her late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Click on the images below to find out how to check the features on each of our notes: £5. The current £5 note features Sir Winston Churchill. £10.
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The pound sterling is the official currency in the United Kingdom. The Bank of England is the UK's central bank. It issues the UK's banknotes. Coins are manufactured and issued by the Royal Mint.
The pound sterling (symbol: £; ISO 4217 currency code: GBP) is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and Tristan da Cunha.
Main articles: Banknotes of the pound sterling and Bank of England note issues. Note: The description of banknotes given here relates to notes issued by the Bank of England. Three banks in Scotland and four banks in Northern Ireland also issue notes, in some or all of the denominations: £1, £5, £10, £20, £50, £100.
2 wrz 2024 · The official currency of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland is the pound sterling (£), often abbreviated to GBP. Currency in the UK remains unchanged by the European referendum of 2017. So, pounds, for example, will be your London currency — and used anywhere in the United Kingdom.
11 sty 2020 · The pound sterling is the official currency of the UK, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands, Tristan de Cunha, and the British Antarctic Territory. As a member of the EU, they could have opted to use the Euro, but they decided not to.
Various coin denominations had, and in some cases continue to have, special names, such as florin (2/–), crown (5/–), half crown (2/6d), farthing (1 ⁄ 4 d), sovereign (£1) and guinea (21s, 21/–, £1–1–0 or £1.05 in decimal notation).
