Pound Sterling to Cambodian Riel — exchange rate

The British pound or pound sterling (symbol: £, code: GBP, number: 826) is the national currency of the United Kingdom of Great Britain. It is an official currency of Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands, Saint Helena. The GBP abbreviation is used to identify £ in the international financial arena.

Change is called pence, also known as British pennies. One GBP has 100 pennies. It is one of the oldest world currencies. The currency was issued in 1694, replacing the East African rupee. In spite of mass euro introduction on the European territory, Great Britain refused to get rid of its local currency. Pound sterling has remained the main reserve currency for many governments for a long time.

The Cambodian riel (៛) is the national currency of Cambodia. An international term for the currency is KHR. The currency is subdivided into sens.

One KHR equals 100 sens. The currency has been in circulation since 1955. It replaced the previous official currency, which was the French Indochinese piastre. There were times when the country eliminated all financial relations. In the period from 1975 to 1980, Cambodia was ruled by the Khmer Rouge. They did not use any currencies, but periodically turned to foreign currencies. In today’s Cambodia the American dollar ($) still appears to be more popular than the riel.