On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Pound is the name for a unit of currency. It is pound cake recipe in some countries today and previously was used in many others. The term was adopted in England from the weight of silver used to make to 240 pennies, and eventually spread to British colonies all over the world.

While silver pennies were produced seven centuries earlier, the first pound coin was minted under Henry VII in 1489. The Jamaican pound was also used in Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands until 1968. The New Zealand pound was also used in the Cook Islands and the Pitcairn Islands. 1920 provisional issue by the New Zealand Government military administration. 1963 by the Bank of Western Samoa. Scottish pound: see Pound Scots, above. 1966 Government of Tonga Treasury notes.

All of the following currencies have been replaced by the US dollar. Lira, “pound” in some languages Italian lira, the Italian word for “pound”. Turkish lira, the Turkish word for “pound”. The correct name for the currency is “sterling” and the “pound” is its primary unit. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022.

Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. A short history of the pound”. The Handbook of International Financial Terms. Foreign and Commonwealth Office country profiles: British Antarctic Territory”. Foreign and Commonwealth Office country profiles: British Indian Ocean Territory”.