Lethse (currency)

The lethse or Lethian pound (IN£ or £) is the currency of the United Kingdom of Isselmere-Nieland, established after the Act of Union, 1562 uniting the then sovereign kingdoms of Isselmere and Nieland as the state currency, replacing the Isselmerian pund (Is£) and the Nielander krõne (NKr). Today, the lethse is valued at 100 Isselmere-Nielander pence (p).

The Parliament of Isselmere and the Storting of Nieland decided upon an entirely new currency due to rampant counterfeiting preceeding unification, as well as the need to mint coins bearing the likenesses of both monarchs. Originally, the lethse was valued at twenty shillings (scilling or sc.) of twelve pence (pengst, a combination of pence and pengar). The Metric and Decimalisation Act, 1971 established the current valuation.