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  2. South Sea Company - Wikipedia

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    The more the price rose in advance of conversion, the more the company would make. Before the scheme, payments were costing the government £1.5 million per year. [26] In summary, the total government debt in 1719 was £50 million: £18.3m was held by three large corporations: £3.4m by the Bank of England; £3.2m by the British East India Company

  3. Longitude rewards - Wikipedia

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    £20,000 (equivalent to £3.65 million in 2023 [10]) for a method that could determine longitude within 30 minutes. In addition, rewards were on offer for those who could produce a method that worked within 80 geographical miles of the coast (where ships would be in most danger), and for those with promising ideas who needed financial help to ...

  4. Pound sterling - Wikipedia

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    As a consequence, conversion rates between different currencies could be determined simply from the respective gold standards. £1 sterling was equal to US$4.87 in the United States, Can$4.87 in Canada, ƒ12.11 in Dutch territories, F 25.22 in French territories (or equivalent currencies of the Latin Monetary Union), 20ℳ 43₰ in Germany ...

  5. £10m grant for mill library conversion reinstated - AOL

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    The £10m grant had been originally earmarked from the Department of Levelling Up's £100m culture regeneration budget, with British Library North one of 16 selected projects.

  6. £sd - Wikipedia

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    A sampler in the Guildhall Museum of Rochester illustrates the conversion between pence and shillings and shillings and pounds. Old till in Ireland, with "shortcut" keys in various £sd denominations (lower numbers) and their "new pence" equivalent (upper numbers) Toy coin, which teaches children the value of a shilling

  7. Conversion of units - Wikipedia

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    The factor–label method can convert only unit quantities for which the units are in a linear relationship intersecting at 0 (ratio scale in Stevens's typology). Most conversions fit this paradigm. An example for which it cannot be used is the conversion between the Celsius scale and the Kelvin scale (or the Fahrenheit scale). Between degrees ...

  8. List of companies of the United Kingdom A–J - Wikipedia

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    In 2022 its revenue was £3.5 billion, with a net income loss of £3.6 million. ICG Enterprise Trust plc — is an investment trust focused on investments in unquoted companies. Established in 1981, it is headquartered in London. It was formerly the Graphite Enterprise Trust under the management of Graphite Capital. In 2016 Intermediate Capital ...

  9. Coins of the pound sterling - Wikipedia

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    Examples of the standard reverse designs minted until 2008. Designed by Christopher Ironside (£2 coin is not shown).. The standard circulating coinage of the United Kingdom, British Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories is denominated in pennies and pounds sterling (symbol "£", commercial GBP), and ranges in value from one penny sterling to two pounds.