Armenian dram in Pound Sterling

AMD Armenian dram

Country of application:
Armenia

Coin denominations in circulation:
500, 200, 100, 50, 20 and 10 AMD.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
100,000, 50,000, 20,000, 10,000, 1,000, 500, 100 and 50 drams.

History reference:
The first Armenian coins were minted in the 3rd century BC. e. Yervandids. Coins were also issued by the Artashesids (II-I centuries BC). The first coins with inscriptions in Armenian letters are kno...wn from the 11th century from Tashir-Dzoraget. At the end of the 11th century, the Cilician Armenian state arose. One of the names of his silver coins was "dram". The currency was issued in 1993 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Before that, Soviet rubles were used. The symbol of the country on banknotes was presented as iconic figures of the Armenian people, as well as great architectural and artistic monuments. The colorful design is adorned with the national emblem and denomination. The name of the currency comes from the Greek drachma.

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.