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Independent Scotland to Retain Pound as National Currency - SNP's Leader

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Independent Scotland would retain pound as its currency, the country's first minister and the Scottish National Party (SNP) leader, Nicola Sturgeon, said Friday.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) She earlier said should Brexit happen then Scotland would almost certainly have a second independence referendum.

"Scotland uses the pound. It's our currency just as it is your currency, and that's the currency I think we should continue to use," Sturgeon said as quoted by the BBC.

UK citizens are set to vote on June 23 in a referendum on the country's EU membership, after British Prime Minister David Cameron and the leaders of the 27 other EU member states reached a deal in February to grant the United Kingdom a special status within the bloc.

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