Banknotes of the Pound Sterling Pound sterling banknotes The UK & crown dependencies (red) and overseas territories (blue) using the Pound or their local issue ISO 4217 Code GBP (Great Britain Pound) Denominations Currency symbol £ Subunit Penny (1 / 100) Subunit symbol p Banknotes Freq. used £ 5, £ 10, £ 20, £ 50 Rarely used £ 1 (Not used by the Bank of England or in NI), £ 100 (Not used by the Bank of England) Higher valued Banknotes do exist, such as the £ 1,000,000 (Giant) and £ 100,000,000 (Titan), however, usage is restricted "- such as through backing Scottish and Northern Ireland Currencies '' Demographics Users United Kingdom Jersey Guernsey Isle of Man South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (Tristan da Cunha only) Gibraltar. Issuance Central Bank Bank of England Note - issuing banks England and Wales Bank of England Scotland Bank of Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland Clydesdale Bank Northern Ireland Northern Bank / Danske Bank First Trust Bank Ulster Bank Bank of Ireland Crown dependencies States of Guernsey States of Jersey Isle of Man Government Printer De La Rue
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