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    15 Feb - Decimal Day (1971)

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    Post by Kitkat Sat 15 Feb 2020, 12:45

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    Decimal Day

    15 Feb - Decimal Day (1971) Decimalisationdday
    An introductory pack of the new currency

    Financial calculations using the old currency of the UK were complicated, as one pound was made of 240 pence or 20 shillings, a shilling was equal to 12 pence, and the half-crown was worth two shillings and sixpence.  After considering decimalization for over a century, Parliament passed the Decimal Currency act in 1969.  The pound was to be divided into 100 "new pence", and a massive publicity campaign was launched in the weeks leading up to Decimal Day.
    How did people react to the change?  More



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