List of British currencies

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
England Wales British Antarctic Territory Tristan da Cunha South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Pound Sterling	Bank of England
Scotland	Local Pound sterling issue	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 Pound sterling issue	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 Pound sterling issue)	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 Pound sterling issue) Alderney pound (commemorative issue only)	Issued by license of the Bank of England to the Treasury and Resources Department, States of Guernsey
Isle of Man	Manx pound (Local Pound sterling issue)	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 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] Pound sterling (de jure)^[5]^[6]	US Federal Reserve System
British Virgin Islands Turks and Caicos Islands	United States dollar Bahamian dollar also accepted in the Turks and Caicos Islands	US Federal Reserve System
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^[7] Pound sterling is also accepted.^[8] 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

^ "Current Banknotes". The Association of Commercial Banknote Issuers. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
^ http://www.gov.je/GOVERNMENT/DEPARTMENTS/TREASURYRESOURCES/Pages/index.aspx
^ FCO country profile Archived 2010-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ "The World Factbook".
^ "British Indian Ocean Territory Currency". Wwp.greenwichmeantime.com. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
^ Commemorative UK Pounds and Stamps issued in GBP have been issued. Source:[1], [2]
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2016-04-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Asia and Pacific Review 2003/04 p.245 ISBN 1862170398

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