The pound is issued by the Bank of England, but there are other issuers. The most commonly used symbol for the pound is. The currency code of ISO 42 17 adopted by the International Organization for Standardization is the pound. In addition to Britain, the currencies of British overseas territories are also denominated in British pounds, and the exchange rate with British pounds is fixed at 1: 1.
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As of 20 19, there are four types of bank of England banknotes in circulation: 5, 10, 20 and 50. In addition, many banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland also issue pounds at the same time, but the design patterns and denomination configurations are different. Internationally, the British pound settlement generally only recognizes the Bank of England version.
In China, foreign currency exchange banks do not exchange or accept British pounds issued by banks other than the Bank of England. After the release of the new version of the British pound, the old version of the pound with the same face value will generally stop circulating soon.
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