by Oliwia Laskowska 8E
British pounds and pence
From the 18th century, the British currency is the pound sterling, equal to 100 pence.
Usually on the obverse of every British coin there is a bust of the currently ruling monarch.
Moimes are : 1 p., 2 p. , 20 p., 50 p., Smooth, heptagonal, 25 p., £ 1, serrated, with various inscriptions, £ 2, serrated with text
STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS.
Watch this video for better understanding of coins and banknotes:
Banknotes :
£ 5, Winston Churchill (from September 13, 2016),
£ 10, Charles Darwin (until March 1, 2018), £ 10, Jane Austen (from September 14, 2017),
£ 20, Edward Elgar (until June 30, 2010), £ 20, Adam Smith (from March 13, 2007),
£ 50, John Houblon (until April 30, 2014) .), £ 50, Matthew Boulton and James Watt (from November 2, 2011).
Brits call their money: quid.
It is used in countries such as:
- United Kingdom
UK dependent territories:
- British Antarctic Territory
- Falkland Islands (including the Falklandic pound)
- Gibraltar (together with the Gibraltar pound)
- Guernsey (along with the Guernsey pound)
- Isle of Man (with manx pound)
- Jersey (with the Jersey pound)
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (together with the Saint Helena pound)
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
unofficially:
- Zimbabwe (along with the Zimbabwean dollar).
American dollars and banknotes
Dollar coins have the face value 1 cent (penny), 5 cents (nickel), 10 cents (dime), 25 cents (quarter), 50 cents (half) and 1 dollar. The last two coins are rarely used.
American dollar coins.
Denominated denominations of banknotes are
$ 1 depicting the image of George Washington,
$ 2 (rare) with the image of Thomas Jefferson,
$ 5 with Abraham Lincoln,
$ 10 with Alexander Hamilton,
$ 20 with Ulysses Grant and
$ 100 with the image of Benjamin Franklin.
There are also higher denominations, but they are not in circulation - $ 500 with William McKinley, $ 1,000 with Grove Cleveland, $ 5,000 with James Madison, $ 10,000 with Salomon Chase, and one hundred thousand dollars with Woodrow Wilson.
Interestingly, the legal tender in the US is every version of issued coins and banknotes created since 1861, however, due to the currency being worn, banknotes and coins from older issues are rare.
These dollars are used in countries such as:
- United States
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- Ecuador
- Micronesia
-Palau
- Puerto Rico
- El Salvador
- East Timor
- Marshall Islands
- Zimbabwe
- Northern Mariana Islands
Other countries
Keep in mind that Australian or Canadian dollars are a different type of currency.
Australian dollars:
Canadian dollars:
New Zealand dollars:
Ireland uses euro:
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