Currency of British Columbia

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The currency of British Columbia is the British Columbia Pound (symbol: £; ISO 4217 code: BCP), abbreviated with £ or sometimes BC£. One pound is subdivided into 20 shillings (abbreviated: s), and one shilling is further subdivided into 12 pence (singular: penny; abbreviated: d).

The BC pound was introduced in 1866 as the currency of the unified Crown Colony of British Columbia.

Amounts of money are written either in a form such as £2.6s.6d (two pound, six shillings and sixpence, commonly read as "two pound six and six"), as 6/2 (six shillings and twopence, commonly read as "six and two") or 3/- (three shillings), or as 3d (threepence, pronounced "threppence").

The pound is colloquially called "quid", and a shilling is colloquially called a "bob". Two shillings is called a "florin", 2/6 is "half a crown", 5s is a "crown". £1.10.- is called "thirty bob". 21s is a "guinea", but this term is used only for lawyers' fees and at auctions.

Banknotes are currently printed in denominations of £5, £10, £25, £50, £100, £500 and £1000. Coins are presently minted in the following denominations: 1d (a penny), 3d ("threppence"), 6d, 1s, 1 florin (2s), half crown (2/6), 1 crown (5/-), £1, £2 and 5 crowns (£2.6s.-). Coins denominated "1 Sovereign" are minted for commemorative issues; one sovereign is equal to one pound.

Current exchange rates with major world and Commonwealth currencies are as follows:


 * Australian Dollar: A$1 = BC 6/4; BC£1 = A$3.14 (1d = A$0.0131)
 * Canadian Dollar: C$1 = BC 6/8; BC£1 = C$3.00 (1d = C$0.0125)
 * PR China Renminbi: 元1 = BC 1/3.77; BC£1 = 元15.22 (1d = 元0.0634)
 * Euro: €1 = BC 10/5; BC£1 = €1.92 (1d = €0.0081)
 * Hong Kong Dollar: HK $1 = BC 1/1.48; BC£1 = HK$17.81 (1d = HK$0.0742)
 * Indian Rupee: ₹1 = BC 1.4d; BC£1 = ₹170.90 (1d = ₹0.7121)
 * Japanese Yen: ¥1 = BC 0.99d; BC£1 = ¥241.92 (1d = ¥1.0082)
 * New Zealand Dollar: NZ$1 = BC 5/11.94; BC£1 = NZ$3.34 (1d = NZ$0.0139)
 * RZ Dollar: RZ$1 = BC 2/5; BC£1 = RZ$8.26 (1d = RZ$0.0344)
 * Russian Ruble: R 1 = BC 1.36d; BC£1 = R 176.69 (1d = R 0.7362)
 * South Korean Won: ₩1 = BC 0.09d; BC£1 = ₩2555.09 (1d = ₩10.6462)
 * Swiss Franc: CHF 1 = BC 9/5.6; BC£1 = CHF 2.11 (1d = CHF 0.0088)
 * Taiwan (ROC) Dollar: NT$1 = BC 3.7d; BC£1 = NT$65.59 (1d = NT$0.2733)
 * UK Pound: GB£1 = BC 11/7; BC£1 = GB£1.73 (1d = GB£0.0072)
 * US Dollar: US$1 = BC 8/8; BC£1 = US$2.30 (1d = US$0.0096)