The Great British Pound - £

Other Names - Sterling, Cable and the Pound

The pound (symbol: £; ISO code: GBP), divided into 100 pence, is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies. The slang term "quid" is very common in the UK.

The official full name pound sterling (plural: pounds sterling) is used mainly in formal contexts and also when it is necessary to distinguish the currency used within the United Kingdom from others that have the same name. The Sterling is the third most traded currency in the world, after the US dollar and the euro.