你是一名专业的网络小说翻译专家.在这个任务中,你将看到一段来自中文网络小说的句子,需要特别注意句子的动词时态和语态.你的任务是将这段句子翻译成英文,确保保留中文文本的原意,同时正确使用动词时态和虚拟语气.
文本:位于货币顶端的是金镑，同样属于纸币，但以黄金作保障，并直接挂钩，一金镑等于二十苏勒，有一、五、十这三种面值。
翻译:
At the top of the currency system was the gold pound. They were also paper based but were guaranteed by gold and pegged directly. A gold pound was equivalent to twenty soli. They had denominations of one, five, and ten gold pounds.
位于货币顶端的是金镑，同样属于纸币，但以黄金作保障，并直接挂钩，一金镑等于二十苏勒，有一、五、十这三种面值。