The British Pound Sterling is the official currency of the United Kingdom and many
other territories. The British Pounds is one of the oldest currencies in the world
that still exists. The British Pound is represented by the symbol £ and by the ISO
code GBP. One Pound is subdivided into 100 Pence. The Sterling Pound banknotes and
coins are issued by the Bank of England. The banknotes issued ranges from £1 to £50
and coins issued ranges from 1p to 50p and £1 to £5. The British Pound Sterling has
an exchange value of 80-100 Indian Rupee. Similar to USD the British Pounds is also
one of the most traded currency in the world. Since the Pound Sterling is the
official currency in a lot of territories and countries other than Britain, the
currency has a global value.