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  2. List of British currencies - Wikipedia

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    Cayman Islands dollar (1KY$=1.2US$) Cayman Islands Monetary Authority Pitcairn Islands; 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 Akrotiri and Dhekelia; Euro. European Central Bank

  3. Northern Bank robbery - Wikipedia

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    The criminals took £26.5 million: £16.5 million in uncirculated Northern Bank pound sterling banknotes; £5.5 million in used Northern Bank sterling notes; £4.5 million in used notes supplied by other banks and smaller cash amounts in other currencies including euros and US dollars.

  4. Non-decimal currency - Wikipedia

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    A British gold sovereign with a face value of £1. Prior to decimalisation on 15 February 1971, £1 was made up of 240 pence.. A non-decimal currency is a currency that has sub-units that are a non-decimal fraction of the main unit, i.e. the number of sub-units in a main unit is not a power of 10.

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  6. Securitas depot robbery - Wikipedia

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    The 2006 Securitas depot robbery in Tonbridge, England, was the UK's largest cash heist.It began with a kidnapping on the evening of 21 February 2006 and ended in the early hours of 22 February, when seven criminals stole almost £53 million.

  7. Black Wednesday - Wikipedia

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    On 8 October 1990, Thatcher entered the pound into the ERM at DM 2.95 to £1. Hence, if the exchange rate ever neared the bottom of its permitted range, DM 2.773 (€1.4178 at the DM/Euro conversion rate), the government would be obliged to intervene. In 1989, the UK had inflation three times the rate of Germany, higher interest rates at 15% ...

  8. Bi-metallic coin - Wikipedia

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    Common circulating examples include the €1, €2, United Kingdom £1 and £2, Canadian $2, South Africa R5, Egyptian £1, Turkish 1 lira and 50 kurus, Indian ₹10 and ₹20, Indonesian Rp1,000, Polish 2 and 5 zł, Czech 50 Kč, Hungarian 100 and 200 Ft, Bulgarian 1 and 2 lv., Hong Kong $10, Argentine $1 and $2, Brazilian R$1, Chilean $100 ...

  9. Series B banknotes - Wikipedia

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    Series B (1976–1993) [1] Value Dimensions (millimetres) Main colours Front Reverse First issued Last issued £1 148 × 78 Green & red Queen Medb (Maeve) Extract from Lebor na hUidre: 10 June 1977 13 September 1989 £5 156 × 82 Brown Johannes Scotus Erigena: Extract from the Book of Kells: 26 February 1976 7 May 1993 £10 164 × 86 Purple ...