# Sterling area

> Group of countries that either pegged their currencies to the pound sterling, or actually used the pound as their own currency

**Wikidata**: [Q647109](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q647109)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_area)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/sterling-area


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. ASC Leiden Thesaurus dataset of 5 June 2018