A British Pound in 1799 had the purchasing power of about £62.87 GBP today.
There is some contention over the origin of the name, but one of the most likely was that a single pound was equal in value to 1lb of sterling silver.
A British Pound in 1974 had the purchasing power of about £6.98 GBP today.
A British Pound in 1935 has the purchasing power of about £58 GBP today.
Actually,1 British pound = 1.6232 U.S. dollars10 British pounds = 16.23200 U.S. dollars20 British pounds = 32.46400 U.S. dollars50 British pounds = 81.16 U.S. dollars100 British pounds = 162.32 U.S. dollarsand so on$318.94
Ireland at this point was still British, so the currency was the Pound Sterling.
One Pound British in 1860 had the purchasing power of about £63.10 GBP in 2010. This is an approximation based on the value of the pound in 1860 and the value of the pound in 2010, factoring for inflation.
The face value of anything is whatever is written on it. The face value of a Pound, is a Pound. If you want to find out what the current exchange rate in US Dollars is for a British Pound, see the link below.
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The Shilling has always been 1/20th of a British Pound.
There was no 1811 British Sovereign or One Pound coin minted.
The Pound did not exist as a unit of currency in 1469.
It was worth one pound.
There was no British 1901 Two Pound or Double Sovereign coin produced.
There were no British Two Pound coins minted from 1888 to 1892 inclusive.
The first British Fifty Pound note was issued in 1725.
A pound surely!!
Therre were no 1821 British Double Sovereign or Two Pound coins minted.