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Sterling
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Grows from Frankish denier–livre Qualified
25in use today
45dated histories in this lineage
Connected currencies from other lineages appear as context and are excluded from the lineage count. Historical track lengths follow dated evidence and connections; they do not establish complete lifetimes. Every euro endpoint represents the same currency.
All 48 connections, with dates and conversion terms
- Australian pound → Australian dollar 1966 · Documented2 AUD = 1 Australian pound
- New Zealand pound → New Zealand dollar 1967 · Documented2 NZD = 1 New Zealand pound
- Fiji pound → Fiji dollar, 1969 reform 1969 · Documented
- Australian dollar → Solomon Islands dollar 1977 · Documented
- Jamaican pound → Jamaican dollar 1969 · Documented2 JMD = 1 Jamaican pound
- Pound sterling → Bahamian dollar 1966 · Documented20/7 BSD = 1 GBP
- Pound sterling → Bermudian dollar 1970 · Documented12/5 BMD = 1 GBP
- Pound sterling → Vancouver Island decimal dollar 1863 · Documented97/20 Vancouver Island decimal dollar = 1 GBP
- Pound sterling → British Columbia decimal dollar 1866 · Qualified97/20 British Columbia decimal dollar = 1 GBP
- Pound sterling → West African Currency Board pound 1912–1913 · Documented1 West African Currency Board pound = 1 GBP
- West African Currency Board pound → Ghanaian pound 1958 · Documented
- Ghanaian pound → Ghanaian cedis 1965 · Documented1965 cedi units per Ghanaian pound; not 1967 or 2007 cedi units.
- West African Currency Board pound → Nigerian pound 1959 · Documented
- Nigerian pound → Nigerian naira 1973 · Documented2 NGN = 1 Nigerian pound
- West African Currency Board pound → Sierra Leonean leone 1964 · Documented1964-scale leones per WACB pound in Sierra Leone.
- West African Currency Board pound → Gambian pound 1964–1968 · Documented
- Gambian pound → Gambian dalasi 1971 · Documented5 GMD = 1 Gambian pound
- Malawi pound → Malawi kwacha 1971 · Documented2 MWK = 1 Malawi pound
- Zambian pound → Zambian kwacha 1968 · DocumentedOriginal-scale kwacha per Zambian pound; the numerator is the 1968 unit epoch.
- Irish pound → Euro 1999 · Documented0.787564 Irish pound = 1 EUR
- Pound sterling → Irish pound 1927–1928 · Documented1 GBP = 1 Irish pound
- Pound sterling → Tongan pound 1935–1936 · Documented
- Tongan pound → Tongan paʻanga 1967 · Documented0.5 Tongan pound = 1 TOP
- New Zealand pound → Samoan tālā 1967 · Documented · Later adoption or absorption0.5 New Zealand pound = 1 WST
- Jamaican dollar → Cayman Islands dollar 1972 · Documented1 JMD = 1 KYD
- Australian dollar → Papua New Guinean kina 1975 · Documented
- South African pound → South African rand 1961 · Documented0.5 South African pound = 1 ZAR
- South African rand → Botswana pula 1976 · Documented1 ZAR = 1 BWP
- South African rand → Swazi lilangeni 1974 · Documented1 ZAR = 1 SZL
- South African rand → Lesotho loti 1980 · Documented1 ZAR = 1 LSL
- South African rand → Namibia dollar 1993 · Documented1 ZAR = 1 NAD
- Pound sterling → Saint Helena pound 1975–1976 · Documented
- Pound sterling → Falkland Islands pound 1987–1990 · Documented
- Pound sterling → Hong Kong dollar 1864 · Qualified · Later adoption or absorption
- Mexican peso → Hong Kong dollar 1863–1866 · Qualified
- Southern Rhodesian / Central African pound → Malawi pound 1964–1965 · Documented
- Southern Rhodesian / Central African pound → Zambian pound 1964–1965 · Documented
- Pound sterling → Maltese pound / lira 1949–1968 · Documented
- Pound sterling → Cypriot pound 1879–1949 · Documented
- Pound sterling → Australian pound 1929–1936 · Documented
- Pound sterling → New Zealand pound 1933–1935 · Documented
- Pound sterling → Fiji pound 1929–1933 · Documented
- Pound sterling → Jamaican pound 1840 · Qualified
- Pound sterling → South African pound 1914–1925 · Documented
- Nigerian pound → Biafran pound 1968 · Documented
- Pound sterling → Southern Rhodesian / Central African pound 1932–1940 · Documented
- Frankish denier–livre → Pound sterling Evidence period: AD 600–1087 · Qualified
- Pound sterling → Pound Scots Evidence period: 1300–1599 · Qualified
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