Articles of category "British Pound"

Pound sterling is the official currency of the United Kingdom (UK). It is often simply called the pound or British pound. The slang term quid is very common in the UK. Only a few of the big shops will accept Euro, it is rarely used across Britain. Pound sterling are now freely bought and sold on the foreign exchange markets around the world, so you can easily change any currency to British pound.

The pound is now freely bought and sold on the British pound exchange around the world, and its value relative to other currencies therefore fluctuates. It is traditionally among the highest-valued of all base currency units in the world. The British pound exchange rate is the price of the British pound in terms of the dollar: the number of dollars that it took to buy one British pound.