Here is a list of the countries and territories who, during the past 100 years, have used the pound(£) while being fiscally and politically independent of Westminster: Aden Sudan Australia Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Basutoland (Lesotho) Bermuda Botswana British Antarctic Territory British Guiana (Guyana) British Honduras (Belize) British Indian Ocean Territory British Solomon Islands Protectorate British Somaliland Protectorate (left in 1964) British Virgin Islands Brunei Burma (left in 1966) Cayman Islands Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Cyprus Egypt (left in 1947)[4] Falkland Islands Fiji The Gambia Ghana Gibraltar Gilbert and Ellice Islands (Kiribati and Tuvalu) Hong Kong Iceland Ireland (until 1971) India (including Sikkim) Iraq (left in 1959) Jamaica Jordan Kenya Kuwait Leeward Islands (comprising Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Montserrat, and Saint Kitts (Saint Christopher and Nevis)) Libya (expelled in 1971) Malawi Malaysia Maldive Islands Malta Mauritius Muscat and Oman (Sultanate of Oman) Nauru New Zealand (including, Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau Islands) Nigeria British Mandate for Palestine (required to withdraw in 1948 following the creation of the state of Israel[5]) Pakistan Papua New Guinea Pitcairn Islands Qatar Republic of Ireland Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) (expelled in 1965) Saint Helena (including Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha) Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa South West Africa (Namibia) Swaziland Tanganyika Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Trucial Oman (United Arab Emirates) Turks and Caicos Islands Uganda United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man Western Samoa Windward Islands (comprising Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) Zambia Zanzibar
Posted on: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 18:39:02 +0000
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