Hey can someone explain England money £?

Question

what does this mean £?? and how much is this £185 and how much would it be in us money?
And whats the difference between this $ and this £ ?

Thanks so much!! =D

Answer 1

£ = symbol used to represent the "pound" in the same way "$" is used to represent a dollar.

It's not really that different from US money, where the US has "Dollars" ($) & "Cents" (¢), Great Britain (England, Scotland & Wales) has "Pounds"(£) & Pence(p).... 100 pence = 1 pound, written £1.00 (can skip the .00 if there isn't any pence)..... 150 pence = 1 pound 50 (£1.50).



£185 = 1 hundred and 85 pounds....... in US money, the Exchange rate varies, and you can find out the latest here:

http://www.xe.com

At the current exchange rate, £1 = $1.66 US Dollars and $1 US Dollar = about £0.59 (59pence).

So at that exchange rate, £185 = $308.36



and just to completely explain it, England money comes in these versions:

Bank Notes, or "bills" as you'd call 'em (issued by the "Bank of England"), come in denominations of:

£50 - rarely seen, only used for business transactions mostly

£20 - seen more often on the street, highest denomination ejected from most ATM's.

£10 - another of the more common seen (and the lowest denomination issued by most Cash Machines).

£5 - the lowest denomination bank note now available in England, though not that often seen these days because everyone's wages & benefit payments get paid directly into their bank account and the only way they can usually withdraw smaller amounts is via the ATM's which only issue the £10 & £20 notes..... suppsoed to be a massive stack of them as high as a skyscraper in recent years 'cos the bank of england couldn't shift 'em for this very reason.

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/



Coins (issued by the ROYAL MINT), some of the finest & best crafted in the world......

£2 coin (the highest denomination in General use)

£1 coin

50p coin (half a £1 coin)

20p coin

10p coin

5p coin

2p coin

1p coin (the lowest denomination)



Also available...

£5 (Crown) coin - legal tender, but created in limited batches as a celebratory coin for collectors.



Sovereign, Half-Sovereign & Quarter-Sovereign... extremely rare & sought after, and among the most expensive in the world, made from pure gold bullion - our equivalent to the US "Golden Eagle", Canadian "Gold Maple Leaf"(?) & South African "Krugerrand".



"Silver Britannia"... our other most expensive coin, minted from Silver Bullion... our equivalent to the US "Silver Eagle" bullion coin.

http://www.royalmint.com/Corporate/facts/coins/TwoPoundCoin.aspx

http://www.24carat.co.uk/britishorenglishcoins.html

Answer 2

The '£' symbol is used to denote the British 'pound', the unit of currency used in the UK.



The symbol is apparently based on the letter 'L', which stood for 'librum', which was a Roman unit of weight. The value of a pound was originally the same as the value of a pound weight of silver, which is where the name comes from.



Commonly, the pound is also called the 'quid' in British slang, just like the dollar is called the 'buck'.



The pound is divided up into 100 pence (p), in the same way the dollar is divided into 100 cents.



As for the physical difference, the banknotes (bills) are of a different size and shape to dollar bills, and are issued in denominations of £5, £10, £20 and £50. There are also £1 and £2 coins, along with 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p coins.



Here's a link to a picture of some £20 notes, if you want to see how they look....



http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/pictures/1000/nahled/1-1196597456EowFP.jpg



£185 is currently equivalent to about $308, but this changes constantly with the currency markets.

Answer 3

English currency uses £ to mean pounds sterling.



$ is the symbol used to refer to dollars.



£185 is equivalent to US$ 308, but as the rate varies daily, you could check out this site for a real time conversion:

http://www.xe.com/ucc/

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