List of British currencies

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A variety of currencies are tender in the United Kingdom, its overseas territories and crown dependencies. This list covers all of those currently in circulation.

Location | Native currency | Issuing authority

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* England
* Wales
* Template:Country data British Antarctic Territory
* Tristan da Cunha
* South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Sterling

Bank of England

* Scotland

Local, privately-issued sterling banknotes

Issued by license of the Bank of England to Scotland's three largest clearing banks (the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Bank of Scotland and the Clydesdale Bank)

* Northern Ireland

Local, privately-issued sterling banknotes

Issued under a licence of the Bank of England to four retail banks : Bank of Ireland, First Trust Bank, Danske Bank (formerly Northern Bank) and Ulster Bank.[1]

* Jersey

Jersey pound (local, government-issued sterling banknotes and coins)

Issued by license of the Bank of England to the Treasury and Resources Department, States of Jersey[2]

* Guernsey
(including  Alderney,  Sark and  Herm)

Guernsey pound (local, government-issued sterling banknotes and coins)
Alderney pound (local, government-issued commemorative coins)

Issued by license of the Bank of England to the Treasury and Resources Department, States of Guernsey

* Isle of Man

Manx pound (local, government-issued sterling banknotes and coins)

Issued by license of the Bank of England to the Isle of Man Treasury

* Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands pound (parity with pound sterling)

Government of the Falkland Islands

* Gibraltar

Gibraltar pound (parity with pound sterling)

Euro accepted unofficially in most establishments

Government of Gibraltar

* Saint Helena
* File:The Flag of Ascension Island.svg Ascension Island

Saint Helenian pound (parity with pound sterling)

(US$ accepted in Ascension Island)

Government of Saint Helena

* British Indian Ocean Territory

United States dollar (de facto)[3][4]

Sterling (de jure)[5][6][7]

US Federal Reserve System

* British Virgin Islands
* Turks and Caicos Islands

United States dollar
Bahamian dollar also accepted in the Turks and Caicos Islands

* Anguilla
* Montserrat

Eastern Caribbean dollar (2.7EC$=1US$)

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

* Bermuda

Bermudian dollar (parity with United States dollar)

Bermuda Monetary Authority

* Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands dollar (1KY$=1.2US$)

Cayman Islands Monetary Authority

* Pitcairn Islands

New Zealand dollar
US dollar widely accepted[8]
Pound sterling is also accepted.[9]
Pitcairn Islands dollar (on par with New Zealand dollar; commemorative issue only)

Reserve Bank of New Zealand

* Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Euro

European Central Bank

## References

1. ↑ "Current Banknotes". The Association of Commercial Banknote Issuers. http://www.acbi.org.uk/current_banknotes.php. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
2. ↑ "Government of Jersey". http://www.gov.je/GOVERNMENT/DEPARTMENTS/TREASURYRESOURCES/Pages/index.aspx.
3. ↑ "Country Profile: British Indian Ocean Territory (British Overseas Territory)". http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/country-profile/asia-oceania/british-indian-ocean-territory?profile=all.
4. ↑ "The World Factbook". https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/io.html.
5. ↑ "British Indian Ocean Territory Currency". wwp.greenwichmeantime.com. 6 March 2013. http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/asia/british-indian-ocean-territory/currency-british-indian-ocean-territory/index.htm. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
6. ↑ Anderson, Joel. "Unusual Coins". https://www.joelscoins.com/oops.htm.
7. ↑ "Home". http://www.biotpostoffice.com/index.asp.
8. ↑ "Archived copy". http://www.demtullpitcairn.com/2016JanFebMarch.pdf.
9. ↑ (in en) Asia & Pacific Review 2003/04: The Economic and Business Report. Walden Publishing Limited. 2003. p. 245. ISBN 9781862170391.

## See also

* Sterling area
* Bank of England
* Currencies of the British West Indies
* International status and usage of the euro
* Commonwealth banknote-issuing institutions
* List of countries by leading trade partners
* List of stock exchanges in the United Kingdom, the British Crown Dependencies and United Kingdom Overseas Territories

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