The sterling was originally a silver penny . 240 of them made a pound.
pound sterling plural pounds sterling
The currency of the United Kingdom .
1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple , “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 547 Andrew Houſtoun and Adam Muſhet , being Tackſmen of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound Sterling for a year. currency of the UK
Albanian: sprovuar funt m
Arabic: جُنَيْه m ( junayh ) , جُنَيْه إِسْتَرْلِينِيّ m ( junayh ʔistarlīniyy )
Armenian: ֆունտ ստեռլինգ ( funt steṙling )
Azerbaijani: funt sterlinq
Belarusian: фунт стэ́рлінгаў m ( funt stérlinhaŭ )
Bulgarian: брита́нска ли́ра f ( británska líra )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 英鎊 ／ 英镑 (zh) ( Yīngbàng )
Czech: libra (cs) f britská libra f libra šterlinků f
Danish: britiske pund pund
Dutch: pond sterling (nl) , pond (nl)
Estonian: naelsterling
Faroese: pund n
Finnish: punta (fi) , Englannin punta
French: livre sterling (fr) m
Galician: libra esterlina f
Georgian: გირვანქა სტერლინგი ( girvanka sṭerlingi )
German: Pfund Sterling n Pfund (de) n
Greek: λίρα στερλίνα f ( líra sterlína )
Hebrew: לירה שטרלינג
Hindi: पाउंड स्टर्लिंग ( pāuṇḍ sṭarliṅg ) , पाउंड (hi) ( pāuṇḍ )
Hungarian: font sterling (hu)
Icelandic: breskt pund pund (is)
Indonesian: paun (id)
Irish: punt steirling
Italian: lira sterlina f
Japanese: ポンド (ja) ( pondo )
Korean: 파운드 (ko) ( paundeu )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: sterlîn (ku)
Latvian: sterliņu mārciņa f
Lithuanian: svaras sterlingų m
Macedonian: британска фунта f ( britanska funta )
Manx: punt Sostynagh m
Mongolian: фунт стерлинг ( funt sterling )
Ngazidja Comorian: pauni class 9 /10
Norwegian:
Bokmål: britisk pund pund (no)
Persian: پوند استرلینگ ( pond esterling )
Pitcairn-Norfolk: pownd sturleng
Polish: funt (pl) m funt sterling m funt szterling m sterling (pl) m szterling m
Portuguese: libra esterlina f
Romanian: liră sterlină (ro) f
Russian: фунт сте́рлингов (ru) m ( funt stérlingov ) , фунт (ru) m ( funt )
Scottish Gaelic: punnd sasannach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: британска фунта f
Roman: britanska funta f
Slovak: libra f britská libra f libra šterlingov f
Slovene: funt šterling m
Spanish: libra esterlina (es) f
Swedish: pund (sv)
Thai: ปอนด์ ( bpon )
Turkish: İngiliz sterlini
Ukrainian: фунт сте́рлінгів m ( funt stérlinhiv )
Uzbek: funt sterling
Vietnamese: bảng Anh
pound sterling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 