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The article states: ""Sterling" is the name of the currency as a whole while "pound" and "penny" are the units of account. This is analogous to the distinction between "renminbi" and "yuan" when discussing the official currency of the People's Republic of China." This assertion is incorrect: "renminbi" and "yuan" are interchangeable terms for the currency of the People's Republic of China. Renmimbi is the official name for the currency, yuan is more of a colloquialism. Source: myself, having lived and worked in China. I recommend the article is corrected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.101.234.105 (talk) 09:07, 17 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid we will need a more reliable source than your personal experience of common usage: it would have to be a professional analysis. If you can find such, then please come back because there is a whole section on terminology at the Renminbi article that needs supporting (or denying!) evidence. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 10:09, 17 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect Penny sterling has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 January 24 § Penny sterling until a consensus is reached. Jay 💬 07:03, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Smol Edit Req

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in § Pre-decimal change the target of the link "decimalisation in 1971" from £sd#Decimalisations to £sd#Decimalisation (notice the "s" has been removed). That's all. 99.146.242.37 (talk) 06:58, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed! Thank you! Vgbyp (talk) 09:10, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Banknotes are not "paper money"

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that subsection title is misleading. see here: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum/online-collections/banknotes/early-banknotes — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.10.47.246 (talk) 21:18, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Paper money redirects to banknote but it hardly makes sense to use the tabloid-ish alias rather than the real thing, so I have changed it accordingly. Come back if that is not what you had in mind. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 23:47, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

50£

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50£ is not frequently used at all, some people in UK have never even seen one in their entire life because it is so rare. [1]https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48993008 Onlyloss6973 (talk) 07:24, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Onlyloss6973: It's written £50, not 50£. Nevertheless, they do exist, and I see two or three each month. I work in a shop, and some of our customers bring in £50 notes - usually it's either foreign tourists, or rich kids from the local private school. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 11:22, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
By your own assessment it doesn't mean that is frequently used since it used by a small and certain demographic. The common person living in UK doesn't use it Onlyloss6973 (talk) 11:35, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know who qualifies as a common person, but the fact that many people don't use it doesn't make it "rare".---Ehrenkater (talk) 11:40, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
So it should still be classified as frequently used? That doesn't seem right to me if many people don't use it Onlyloss6973 (talk) 11:46, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've added a note saying that the £50 is "less common".---Ehrenkater (talk) 12:01, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]