Pound Sterling in Canadian Dollar

GBP Pound Sterling

Country of application:
United Kingdom, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Coin denominations in circulation:
1 pound sterling, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 pence, 1 penny.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
50, 20, 10, 5, 2, 1 pound sterling.

History reference:
The British pound sterling is the official currency of Great Britain. Bank code - GBP. Sterling in the 12th century was called English silver coins. 240 sterling weighed just over 373 grams - that wa...s a pound. In Latin, pondus means weight, heaviness. That is, initially the pound sterling really meant "a pound of pure silver." There is a visible connection with the Old English lexeme steorling - "asterisk". It was the stars that depicted the silver coins produced in Normandy. Easterling Silver (literally: silver from the eastern lands) - hard-wearing coins made of a durable silver alloy, created in the north of modern Germany - those territories were formerly called Easterling.

CAD Canadian Dollar

Country of application:
Canada

Coin denominations in circulation:
2 and 1 dollar, 50, 25, 10 and 5 cents.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
100, 50, 20, 10 and 5 dollars.

History reference:
The Canadian dollar is the national currency and monetary unit of Canada. The country of currency circulation is Canada. The rate of the Canadian dollar is set during trading on the currency exchange... and is constantly changing. Its value depends on the balance of supply and demand. According to the accepted in the 70s. IMF Jamaican currency system, this method of determining the exchange rate is called free conversion. When, in 1759, part of the state was captured by British troops, more than 60 thousand people already lived in it, using French as their main language. Since 2011, this figure has exceeded seven million, and the language has become the second officially recognized state language. As a tribute to the traditional names of such colonies, most often the Quebecers, but also others, call banknotes plays (pesos), and change coins sous, instead of cents.