Pound Sterling in Russian Ruble

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.

RUB Russian Ruble

Country of application:
Russia

Coin denominations in circulation:
1, 2, 5, 10 rubles.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000 rubles.

History reference:
The Russian ruble is the monetary unit of the Russian Federation. In the current territory of Russia, the ruble has been used as a means of payment since the thirteenth century. There was an opinion ...that the expression "ruble" came from another verb "cut". However, today it has been proven that the ruble, for some reason, owes its name to the ancient technology of coin production. At first, the ruble was in the form of a coin with a certain amount of precious metal. But in 1769, the first paper money appeared. On modern Russian banknotes, architectural monuments of different cities of the country are depicted: on the front side of the banknote with a face value of 5 thousand - a monument to Muravyov-Amursky in Khabarovsk, on the back - a bridge across the Amur