Pound Sterling in Seychellois Rupee

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.

SCR Seychellois Rupee

Country of application:
Seychelles

Coin denominations in circulation:
1, 5, 10, 25 cents 1, 5, 10 rupees.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
10, 25, 50, 100, 500 rupees.

History reference:
The Seychelles rupee has been the national currency and money of the Republic of Seychelles since 1903, when the islands became a crown colony separate from Mauritius. The Seychelles established the ...rupee as its national currency in 1914, when it was still a British colony. The country also accepted currency from its neighbor, the Mauritian rupee. The British Board of Commissioners of Monetary Affairs continued to issue notes in 1918, 1928 and 1951. In circulation there are banknotes of 10, 25, 50, 100 and 500 rupees of various years of issue. Banknotes of the previous issues of 1983 and 1989 are legal tender, but are extremely rare.