pound sterling

Summary

pound sterling is a currency^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.5% of currency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,922 views/month, #3 of 601).^[2]

Key Facts

• pound sterling is in the country of United Kingdom^[3].
• pound sterling's image is recorded as One Pound 1983 obverse.jpg^[4].
• pound sterling's instance of is recorded as currency^[5].
• pound sterling's instance of is recorded as pound^[6].
• pound is named after pound sterling^[7].
• sterling silver is named after pound sterling^[8].
• pound sterling's GND ID is recorded as 4174107-9^[9].
• pound sterling's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00569124^[10].
• pound sterling's Commons category is recorded as Pound Sterling^[11].
• pound sterling's currency sign is recorded as £^[12].
• pound sterling's ISO 4217 code is recorded as GBP^[13].
• pound sterling's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 14224^[14].
• pound sterling's central bank/issuer is recorded as Bank of England^[15].
• pound sterling's start time is recorded as +1694-07-27T00:00:00Z^[16].
• pound sterling's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01nv4h^[17].
• pound sterling's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pound sterling^[18].
• pound sterling's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United Kingdom^[19].
• pound sterling's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 332.4941^[20].
• pound sterling's location of creation is recorded as Royal Mint^[21].
• pound sterling's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 699423^[22].
• pound sterling's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0233768^[23].
• pound sterling's depicted by is recorded as £^[24].
• pound sterling's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[25].
• pound sterling's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[26].
• pound sterling's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[27].

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Identity

pound sterling's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'GBP (£)'}^[28].

Why It Matters

pound sterling ranks in the top 0.5% of currency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,922 views/month, #3 of 601).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] It is known by 133 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]