Pound Sterling to Sri Lanka Rupee Exchange Rate

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Pound sterling

The British pound sterling is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the fourth most traded currency in the world. Unlike the majority of EU countries, the UK didn’t adopt the euro in 1999 and the pound continues to be an important currency benchmark for many nations.

-Currency:
+Pound sterling
-Currency symbol:
+£
-Subunit:
+penny
 Subunit symbol:
-Banknotes:
+£5, £10, £20, £50
-Coins:
+p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2

Sri Lanka rupee

The Sri Lankan rupee is the official currency of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), an island nation in the Indian Ocean. Sri Lanka is the second richest nation in Asia in terms of GDP per capita, and Ceylon tea is its biggest export.

-Currency:
+Sri Lanka rupee
-Currency symbol:
+රු, Rs,ரூ
-Subunit:
+cent
 Subunit symbol:
-Banknotes:
+රු.10, රු.20, රු.50, රු.100, රු.200, රු.500, රු.1,000, රු.2,000, රු.5,000
-Coins:
+c, 50c, රු.1, රු.2, රු.5, රු.10

Pound sterling to the Sri Lanka rupee for the last 10 years

	Oct 2010	Oct 2011	Oct 2012	Oct 2013	Oct 2014	Oct 2015	Oct 2016	Oct 2017	Oct 2018	Oct 2019
1 GBP =	175.1655 Inverse: 0.0057	175.5308 Inverse: 0.0057	206.6647 Inverse: 0.0048	211.4556 Inverse: 0.0047	210.6385 Inverse: 0.0047	217.5265 Inverse: 0.0046	180.2278 Inverse: 0.0055	203.1993 Inverse: 0.0049	224.1307 Inverse: 0.0045	234.8559 Inverse: 0.0043

Pound sterling to the Sri Lanka rupee for the last 10 months

	Dec 2019	Jan 2020	Feb 2020	Mar 2020	Apr 2020	May 2020	Jun 2020	Jul 2020	Aug 2020	Sep 2020
1 GBP =	235.4932 Inverse: 0.0042	236.6786 Inverse: 0.0042	234.0160 Inverse: 0.0043	217.4837 Inverse: 0.0046	239.5625 Inverse: 0.0042	228.9347 Inverse: 0.0044	230.2735 Inverse: 0.0043	233.6689 Inverse: 0.0043	243.8755 Inverse: 0.0041	240.1291 Inverse: 0.0042

Pound sterling to the Sri Lanka rupee for the last 10 days

	Oct 11	Oct 12	Oct 13	Oct 14	Oct 15	Oct 16	Oct 17	Oct 18	Oct 19	Oct 20
1 GBP =	240.0514 Inverse: 0.0042	240.7567 Inverse: 0.0042	238.4636 Inverse: 0.0042	240.3690 Inverse: 0.0042	238.2392 Inverse: 0.0042	237.9625 Inverse: 0.0042	237.9625 Inverse: 0.0042	238.1689 Inverse: 0.0042	238.7556 Inverse: 0.0042	239.0855 Inverse: 0.0042

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Market rate for common transfer amounts GBP to LKR

Pound sterling (GBP)	Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
£1	0
£100	0
£500	0
£1000	0
£1500	0
£2500	0
£5000	0

Exchange rates from GBP to other currencies

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Pound Sterling to Sri Lanka Rupee Exchange Rate

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Pound sterling to the Sri Lanka rupee for the last 10 years

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Pound Sterling to Sri Lanka Rupee Exchange Rate

Historical rate chart of GBP and LKR

Pound sterling to the Sri Lanka rupee for the last 10 years

Pound sterling to the Sri Lanka rupee for the last 10 months

Pound sterling to the Sri Lanka rupee for the last 10 days

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Market rate for common transfer amounts GBP to LKR

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