List of British currencies explained

A variety of currencies are tender in the United Kingdom, its overseas territories and crown dependencies. This list covers all of those currently in circulation.

Location	Native currency	Issuing authority
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Sterling	Bank of England
	Local, privately-issued sterling banknotes	Issued by license of the Bank of England to Scotland's three largest clearing banks (the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Bank of Scotland and the Clydesdale Bank)
	Local, privately-issued sterling banknotes	Issued under a licence of the Bank of England to four retail banks : Bank of Ireland, First Trust Bank, Danske Bank (formerly Northern Bank) and Ulster Bank.^[1]
	Jersey pound (local, government-issued sterling banknotes and coins)	Issued by license of the Bank of England to the Treasury and Resources Department, States of Jersey^[2]
(including, and)	Guernsey pound (local, government-issued sterling banknotes and coins) Alderney pound (local, government-issued commemorative coins)	Issued by license of the Bank of England to the Treasury and Resources Department, States of Guernsey
	Manx pound (local, government-issued sterling banknotes and coins)	Issued by license of the Bank of England to the Isle of Man Treasury
	Falkland Islands pound (parity with pound sterling)	Government of the Falkland Islands
Gibraltar	Gibraltar pound (parity with pound sterling) Euro accepted unofficially in most establishments	Government of Gibraltar
	Saint Helenian pound (parity with pound sterling) (US$ accepted in Ascension Island)	Government of Saint Helena
British Indian Ocean Territory	United States dollar (de facto)^[3] ^[4] Sterling (de jure)^[5] ^[6] ^[7]	US Federal Reserve System
Turks and Caicos Islands	United States dollar Bahamian dollar also accepted in the Turks and Caicos Islands	US Federal Reserve System
Anguilla Montserrat	Eastern Caribbean dollar (2.7EC$=1US$)	Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
Bermuda	Bermudian dollar (parity with United States dollar)	Bermuda Monetary Authority
Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands dollar (1KY$=1.2US$)	Cayman Islands Monetary Authority
	New Zealand dollar US dollar widely accepted^[8] Pound sterling is also accepted.^[9] Pitcairn Islands dollar (on par with New Zealand dollar; commemorative issue only)	Reserve Bank of New Zealand
	Euro	European Central Bank

See also

• Sterling area
• Bank of England
• Currencies of the British West Indies
• International status and usage of the euro
• Commonwealth banknote-issuing institutions
• List of countries by leading trade partners
• List of stock exchanges in the United Kingdom, the British Crown Dependencies and United Kingdom Overseas Territories

Notes and References

1. Web site: Current Banknotes. The Association of Commercial Banknote Issuers. 27 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20170913155057/http://www.acbi.org.uk/current_banknotes.php. 13 September 2017. dead.
2. Web site: Government of Jersey.
3. Web site: Country Profile: British Indian Ocean Territory (British Overseas Territory) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091107131826/http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/country-profile/asia-oceania/british-indian-ocean-territory?profile=all . 2009-11-07 . 2024-06-10 . Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
4. Web site: The World Factbook. https://web.archive.org/web/20070612211417/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/io.html. dead. 12 June 2007.
5. Web site: British Indian Ocean Territory Currency . wwp.greenwichmeantime.com . 6 March 2013 . 28 April 2013.
6. Web site: Anderson . Joel . Unusual Coins . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20101228070318/https://www.joelscoins.com/oops.htm . 2010-12-28 . 2024-06-10.
7. Web site: Home . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110910163151/http://www.biotpostoffice.com/index.asp . 2011-09-10 . 2024-06-10 . BIOT Post Office.
8. Web site: Archived copy . 2016-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160509141817/http://www.demtullpitcairn.com/2016JanFebMarch.pdf . 2016-05-09 . dead .
9. Book: Asia & Pacific Review 2003/04: The Economic and Business Report . 2003 . 9781862170391 . 245 . Walden Publishing Limited . en.