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<p>[QUOTE="Detecto92, post: 1765575, member: 75105"]The largest circulating note is the <span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #333333">£50. However, </span></font></span><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #333333">£20 is the most common.</span></font></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #333333">£20 is worth about $31, and the </span></font></span><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #333333">£50 is worth $77. So if GB had a $100 bill, it would be a </span></font></span><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #333333">£65 note. </span></font></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #333333">GB does not have a </span></font></span><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #333333">£1 note anymore, which is the same as $1.55 here.</span></font></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #333333">The lowest circulating note is the </span></font></span><span style="font-size: 13px"><font face="arial"><span style="color: #333333">£5, which is worth $7.77 (lucky, eh?).</span></font></span></p><p> </p><p>While we use 4 coins commonly in tills, (penny, nickel, dime, and quarter), GB has 8 coins. They have a penny, two pence (2 pennies) 5 pence, 10 pence, 20 pence, 50 pence, pound, and two pounds.</p><p> </p><p>Many countries like GB do not use a dollar equivalent note anymore, they instead use coins. Canada is similar. Why we still use the dollar bill is beyond me.</p><p> </p><p>GB put a metal security strip in there notes in 1940, however it was a long time before we followed suit.</p><p> </p><p>The designs on the coins change often, while we have been stuck with the same dead presidents for years. They actually have a multi-coin design now:</p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a8/New_British_Coinage_2008.jpg/200px-New_British_Coinage_2008.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It's a shame our monetary system is years behind great britain's. </p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Detecto92, post: 1765575, member: 75105"]The largest circulating note is the [SIZE=13px][FONT=arial][COLOR=#333333]£50. However, [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=13px][FONT=arial][COLOR=#333333]£20 is the most common.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=13px][FONT=arial][COLOR=#333333]£20 is worth about $31, and the [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=13px][FONT=arial][COLOR=#333333]£50 is worth $77. So if GB had a $100 bill, it would be a [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=13px][FONT=arial][COLOR=#333333]£65 note. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=13px][FONT=arial][COLOR=#333333]GB does not have a [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=13px][FONT=arial][COLOR=#333333]£1 note anymore, which is the same as $1.55 here.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=13px][FONT=arial][COLOR=#333333]The lowest circulating note is the [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=13px][FONT=arial][COLOR=#333333]£5, which is worth $7.77 (lucky, eh?).[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] While we use 4 coins commonly in tills, (penny, nickel, dime, and quarter), GB has 8 coins. They have a penny, two pence (2 pennies) 5 pence, 10 pence, 20 pence, 50 pence, pound, and two pounds. Many countries like GB do not use a dollar equivalent note anymore, they instead use coins. Canada is similar. Why we still use the dollar bill is beyond me. GB put a metal security strip in there notes in 1940, however it was a long time before we followed suit. The designs on the coins change often, while we have been stuck with the same dead presidents for years. They actually have a multi-coin design now: [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a8/New_British_Coinage_2008.jpg/200px-New_British_Coinage_2008.jpg[/IMG] It's a shame our monetary system is years behind great britain's. [SIZE=13px][FONT=arial][COLOR=#333333][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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