Money

Hello, again!

Today’s topic is MONEY.

Do you know British monetary unit?

In the UK, “pound” and “pence” are used. ￡← Have you ever seen this sign? This is pound sign.

The UK has 4 paper money and 8 coins.

<Paper money>

￡5 … about 650 yen

￡10… about 1300 yen

￡20… about 2600 yen

￡50… about 6500 yen 

50 pound paper money is not always used.

Pictures that are drawn on each paper money are same. She is Elizabeth Ⅱ. Do you know her? She is a queen of United Kingdom.

On the other hands, Japanese paper money is…

1000yen… 7.50 pounds

2000yen… 15 pounds

5000yen… 38 pounds

10000yen… 75 pounds

A person who is printed on 1000-yen paper money is Hideyo Noguchi. He was famous as a bacteriologist. And there are pictures of cherry blossom and Mt. Fuji on the other side. And a person who is on 5000-yen paper money is Ichiyou Higuchi. She was a famous author. Finally, a person who is on 10000-yen paper money is Yukichi Fukuzawa. I don’t know why they were chosen. But it is obvious that they are historic people.

Next time, I'll introduce coins!!

That's all♪　Thank you for reading! See you soon:D