Uzbekistani Som in Pound Sterling

UZS Uzbekistani Som

Country of application:
Uzbekistan

Coin denominations in circulation:
10, 5 and 1 sum.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
50,000, 10,000, 5,000, 1,000, 500, 200, 100, 50, 25, 10, 5, 3 and 1 sum.

History reference:
Sum is the national currency of Uzbekistan. It was originally introduced on November 15, 1993 in the form of sum-coupons, a currency parallel to the Soviet ruble to protect the countrys economy from ...excess ruble supply. Since July 1, 1994 - as the only legal tender in Uzbekistan. After the denomination of the Belarusian ruble in 2016, the sum became the cheapest currency among the countries of the former USSR. Since November 15, 1993, in the Republic of Uzbekistan, in order to protect the domestic market from excess ruble supply, additional temporary banknotes "sums" or sum-coupons were introduced in a ratio of 1: 1 to the Soviet ruble. On July 1, 1994, by the Decree of the President of Uzbekistan, a constant currency is put into circulation - the Uzbek Soum at the rate of 1 sum = 1000 sum-coupons. On July 1, 2013, the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan issued a new banknote with a face value of 5,000 soums. Currently, all banknotes and coins are in circulation, but banknotes up to ten and coins up to twenty-five soums are not used.

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.