Speaking of British currency, is there a difference between 6 million pounds and 6 million pounds sterling?

bloomsby

There is no difference whatsoever. The word 'sterling' is in effect redundant in this context.The 'pound sterling' is *not* some kind of 'super pound'). "The pound sterling (symbol: £; ISO code: GBP), commonly known simply as the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, the British Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man ..." Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_sterling Jan 07 13, 7:02 PM

tadpoles_uk

Considering that there are a handful of other countries that use the pound as their monetary unit, when someone refers to sterling, it helps to distinguish the subject as British money. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(currency) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_%28currency%29 This was particularly useful before Ireland adopted the Euro and had the punt pound as its currency. Jan 07 13, 7:17 PM

sportsherald

Don't forget that "pounds sterling" helps to distinguish the currency sense from the "pounds" weight sense. Jan 07 13, 7:30 PM