The pound is mainly issued by the Bank of England, and the most commonly used symbol of the pound is. The currency code of ISO 42 17 adopted by the International Organization for Standardization is the pound.

British coins are mainly divided into the following denominations:

1p, 2p (small brown copper plate)?

5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, (silver coins)?

1 GBP, 2 GBP (yellowish coins)

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The design of British coins is usually more traditional and conservative, and the queen's head is even more indispensable. However, the current set of coins is a brand-new design coin introduced by British mint in 2005. This is the first time that a new coin has been minted in Britain in the past 40 years, and its face value ranges from 1p to 1p respectively. Only 65,438+0p coins have old designs.

The designer of this set of coins is Matthew. At that time, 26-year-old Dent defeated 4,000 other competitors in the 2005 competition with his novel design, won the appreciation of Royal Mint and was successfully hired by the state.

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