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- Explanation: Symbol £, also called pound sterling a paper money and Monetary unit of the U.K. equal to 20 shillings or 240 pence prior to February 1971 and after that date consisting of 100 new pence. The Monetary units of various countries such as Republic of Cyprus, Egypt, Falkland Island, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Lebanon, Saint Helena and Syria. The pound is the former Monetary unit of Australia, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Solomon Islands, British Virgin Island, Cayman Island, Republic of Cyprus, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Isle of Man, Israel, Jamaica, Libya, Malawi, Malta, Nauru, New Guinea, New Hebrides, New Zealand, Nigeria, Nysasland, Papua, Rhodesia, Rhodesia Northern, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Solomon Island, Sudan, Tonga, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Island, Western Samoa and Zambia
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