Twenty-five British pounds sterling in 1755, worth around $ 9, 000 today a small fortune in those days when an English teacher earned 60 pounds a year.
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It was just replaced by British pound sterling in the 19th century and the US dollar took the lead just after World War Two and has held it until this day.
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The silver content of a dollar under this act was almost exactly equal to 1 / 5 of the silver content of the contemporary British pound sterling, or 4 British shillings.
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On 17 May 1920, Xenia had been granted Letters of Administration as eldest sister and heir to her brother Nicholas's estate in England worth five hundred British pounds sterling.
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In 2014 there were eight legal currencies-US dollar, South African rand, Botswana pula, British pound sterling, Australian dollar, Chinese yuan, Indian rupee and Japanese yen.
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Texaco said its earnings included a benefit of $ 13 million from the weakening of the British pound sterling against the U . S . dollar, which was related to deferred income taxes.
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Like the British pound sterling of that era, the Massachusetts pound was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence, but the Massachusetts and British pounds were not equivalent in value.
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The Australian dollar, along with the New Zealand dollar and British pound sterling " are being penalized because the U . S . continues to suck in a lot of interest ."
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While Northern Ireland-issued currency is officially British pounds sterling, other parts of the United Kingdom usually refuse to accept it _ and most of the rest of the world barely recognizes the stuff.
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In the years following the 1838 order-in-council, the British West Indies territories began to enact local legislation for the purposes of assimilating their monies of account with the British pound sterling.
