Flashcards: Pound (currency)

The lira (plural: lire) was the distinct currency of Parma before 1802 and again from 1815 to 1859.

The pound (Italian: lira) was the currency of the Republic of Lucca until 1800 and again of the Duchy of Lucca between 1826 and 1847.

The pound (Italian: lira) was the distinct currency of Tuscany until the annexation by Napoleonic France in 1807.

The Tripolitanian lira (Arabic: ليره‎‎, plural: lire), also known as the Military Authority Lira, was the currency of the British zone of occupation (later Mandate Territory) in Libya between 1943 and 1951, and of the province of Tripolitania until early 1952.

The pound was the currency of Nigeria between 1907 and 1973.

The Irish Pound (Irish: Punt Éireannach) was the currency of Ireland until 2002.

The Israeli pound (Hebrew: לירה ישראלית‎‎ Lira Yisr'elit, Arabic: ليرة إسرائيلية‎‎) or Israeli lira was the currency of the State of Israel from June 1952 until 23 February 1980, when it was replaced with the shekel on 24 February 1980, which was again replaced with the New Shekel in 1985.

The pound was the currency of Fiji between 1873 and 1969.

The pound, also known as the lira (Greek: λίρα / plural λίρες and Turkish: lira, from the Latin libra through the Italian lira), was the currency of Cyprus, including the Sovereign Base Areas in Akrotiri and Dhekelia, until 31 December 2007, when the Republic of Cyprus adopted the euro.

The standard circulating coinage of the United Kingdom is denominated in pounds sterling (symbol "£"), and, since the introduction of the two-pound coin in 1994 (to celebrate the 300th Anniversary of the Bank of England 1694–1994), ranges in value from one penny to two pounds.

The pound was the currency in Zambia from independence in 1964 until decimalization on January 16, 1968.

The pound was the currency of Southern Rhodesia.

The pound was the currency of Southern Rhodesia from 1964 to 1965 and Rhodesia from 1965 until 1970.

The pound was the currency of Malaŵi until 1971.

The pound was the currency of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

The pound (symbol £) was the currency of the Union of South Africa from the creation of the country as a British Dominion in 1910.

The pound was the currency of Bermuda until 1970.

The Japanese government-issued Oceanian Pound was one of several issues of Japanese invasion money used during World War II.

The Biafran pound was the currency of the breakaway Republic of Biafra between 1968 and 1970.

The pound (symbol £, or NZ£ for distinction) was the currency of New Zealand from 1840 until 1967, when it was replaced by the New Zealand dollar.

The pound is a unit of currency in some nations.

The pound was the official currency of Jamaica between 1840 and 1969.

The pound (Italian: lira) was the currency of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia.

The pound (symbol £, or A£ when distinguished from other currencies called the pound) was the currency of Australia from 1910 until 14 February 1966, when it was replaced by the Australian dollar.