currency conversion question

[85AKbN]

Is this a Lire symbol?

£10.00

To convert, I like to use google, and simply type in

5,000 yen to usd

and get

47.6150 US Dollar

Question, to convert that £10.00 to usd, do I type in

10 gbp to usd?

equals: 16.53 US Dollar (that moment in time). I've traveled around the world and think I know the ins and outs with respect to money conversion, especially yen, but never set foot, unfortunately, in Europe.

[Pelikan-Vera]

it is british pound. lira does not exist anymore...since the euro was introduced.

[85AKbN]

it is british pound. lira does not exist anymore...since the euro was introduced.

so is that symbol (e.g. £10.00) grandfathered in to mean euro, and gb pound, and also shortened to gbp? all mean the same?

i've also seen british pound sterling attributed to gbp. and i iknow there is a euro symbol.

[ still scratching head ]

[sloegin]

The Euro is a different symbol: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_sign

GBP and Pound Sterling are interchangeable, and have the "£" symbol.

[85AKbN]

...i iknow there is a euro symbol.

ahem.

GBP and Pound Sterling are interchangeable, and have the "£" symbol.

ah - i gathered that.

is the GBP interchangeable with the euro?

nm. found an answer to my own question: two different exchange rates, two different currencies.

[KrazyIvan]

ahem.

GBP and Pound Sterling are interchangeable, and have the "£" symbol.

ah - i gathered that.

is the GBP interchangeable with the euro?

Euro and GBP are not interchangeable. You would have to convert between the two.

[85AKbN]

Euro and GBP are not interchangeable. You would have to convert between the two.

got that (edited my question a minute later)

also learned, something new everyday, the pound sign: £.

Pelikan-Vera's first post didn't sink into my thick skull. thus my post question #3 was improperly structured.

[85AKbN]

You would have to convert between the two.

of course my currency lesson is all your fault - what with your review of the Parson's Essential.

[Nickp]

Just for clarification
€ this is euro symbol
£ this gbp (sterling) symbol
They are two completely different currencies within the European continent although the symbols may look similar

£1.00 is equivalent to around €1.20 at the moment

Hope that helps

All the best

Nick

[silversurfer]

in google type this, it should go to a calculator type thingy:

£10 in $
€10 in £

if you were to type it out it would be:

10gbp in usd
10eur in gbp

etc etc

I just tried it and it worked fine.

[85AKbN]

10gbp in usd
10eur in gbp

i type that except i substitute to for in.

10gbp to usd

85f to c

etc.

[Llewellyn]

in google type this, it should go to a calculator type thingy:

£10 in $
€10 in £

if you were to type it out it would be:

10gbp in usd
10eur in gbp

etc etc

I just tried it and it worked fine.

Or just go to xe.com and choose the currencies you want to convert, enter the amount and it'll do the calculation for you at the current rate

[85AKbN]

Or just go to xe.com and choose the currencies you want to convert, enter the amount and it'll do the calculation for you at the current rate

i like simple, and my conversion quesitons are just ballpark anyway, knowing that the result will change by a quarter here, or a few pennies there. google is convinient, and bookmarked.

[85AKbN]

another currency question:

I was looking at this http://www.martiniauctions.com/item/...ler_26695.html

price listed 40,00 EUR

Is that 40 euros? If so, they are using the comma as a decimal point.







eta: Thanks kaisnowbird.

[kaisnowbird]

Yes and yes.

[Teigra]

another currency question:

I was looking at this http://www.martiniauctions.com/item/...ler_26695.html

price listed 40,00 EUR

Is that 40 euros? If so, they are using the comma as a decimal point.







eta: Thanks kaisnowbird.

Very true! And to make things even more confusing, the reverse is also true. We (in Europe) also use a decimal point where you in the US would use a comma. So you would write: $ 40.00 and understand that to be forty dollars, when we'd write $ 40,00 and understand thát to be forty dollars. The confusion becomes complete when a European offers something for $ 4.000,00, meaning that to be read as fourthousand dollars, zero cents...
My advise: when in doubt, doublecheck

[85AKbN]

another currency question:

I was looking at this http://www.martiniauctions.com/item/...ler_26695.html

price listed 40,00 EUR

Is that 40 euros? If so, they are using the comma as a decimal point.







eta: Thanks kaisnowbird.

Very true! And to make things even more confusing, the reverse is also true. We (in Europe) also use a decimal point where you in the US would use a comma. So you would write: $ 40.00 and understand that to be forty dollars, when we'd write $ 40,00 and understand thát to be forty dollars. The confusion becomes complete when a European offers something for $ 4.000,00, meaning that to be read as fourthousand dollars, zero cents...
My advise: when in doubt, doublecheck

that makes cents, er, sense.

[Ernst Bitterman]

At least the GBP is decimal now. One occasionally runs across a vintage UK pen with a tag or chalk mark showing the price as something like 40/-, which of course meant £2. This site gives a great run-down of the merriment of making change in England c.1950-- just imagine being behind the person that was paying a grocery bill in nothing but quarter-penny coins.

edit. THIS site.

[85AKbN]

At least the GBP is decimal now. One occasionally runs across a vintage UK pen with a tag or chalk mark showing the price as something like 40/-, which of course meant £2. This site gives a great run-down of the merriment of making change in England c.1950-- just imagine being behind the person that was paying a grocery bill in nothing but quarter-penny coins.

40/- means £2? a guess - 40 quarter pennies? but that would be 4 of something / whathaveyou. luckily, i don't need to know why that is.

[Ernst Bitterman]

"40/-" means 40 shillings and no pence, or 800 pennies. It's like non-Metric measuring, but for money! Whee! Heck, I even got the amount wrong-- it's not four pounds, it's three pounds, four shillings.

...and yet I still describe myself as "a bit over six foot" instead of "185 centimetres". Go figure.