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...ng U.S. interest rates, which by making the dollar less attractive and the pound sterling more attractive to investors, drove up the foreign exchange value of the Br ...fall of about 30 per cent in the exchange rate between the dollar and the pound sterling. The period of a variable price of gold came to an end on 31 January 1934,

...gh employment, whereas his treasury ministers argued that to support the [[pound sterling]] required strict controls on money and hence a rise in unemployment. Their

|currency = [[Pound sterling]]<ref>The [[Euro]] is accepted in many payphones and some larger shops.</re

:a significant downturn in global [[stock market]]s took place, in which [[Pound Sterling|Sterling]] significantly weakened;<ref>''BBC News'': '[http://www.bbc.co.uk

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...s, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of more than [[pound sterling|GB£]]4 billion ([[United States dollar|US$]]7.9 billion).<ref>{{cite book ! Department !! Monthly cost ([[Pound sterling|GBP]])

...Regional Gross Value Added], pp.240-253. Figures in millions of British [[pound sterling]].</ref>

...he held until October 1854. Her father had given her an annual income of [[pound sterling|£]]500 (roughly £300,000 in present terms)<ref>[http://www.measuringworth

...on series' production in the 1970s, sold at auction in December 2005 for [[Pound sterling|£]]10,800.<ref>{{cite news

...February 2007 by the [[Scottish Executive]], at a cost of over 4 million [[pound sterling|pounds]], as part of a £13 million funding packages for ocean power in Sco

...to pay for increased expenditure which led to inflation. In May 1924 the [[pound sterling]] was worth 76 francs, two years later the pound could buy 243 francs.<ref>

...ril 3, 2006 and costs 200 [[Microsoft Points]], equivalent to US$2.50 or [[Pound sterling|GBP]]1.50; the corresponding PC release cost was US$1.99. Although gamers g

...attempt to keep property in Ipswich. The aunt was imprisoned and the 250 [[Pound sterling|pounds]] fine levied suggests that the family was well-to-do, [[bourgeoisie

...n turn leased to the [[British East India Company]] in 1668 for a sum of [[pound sterling|£]]10 [[per annum]]. The company found the deep harbor on the east coast o

...ndon]] as the world's leading financial centre; for the emergence of the [[pound sterling]] as its leading currency; and for the contribution of the [[Bank of Engl

As part of the United Kingdom, England's official currency is the [[pound sterling]] (also known as the ''British pound'' or GBP).

...(1996) p. 157 and Ainger, p. 154</ref> In 1863 he received a bequest of [[pound sterling|£]]300 that he used to leave the civil service and take up a brief career

...879 in the form of a marble clock, two bronze ornaments and a cheque for [[Pound Sterling|£]]1,458. The second, collected by MCC, the county of Gloucestershire, the