were issued for the first time. Decimalisation occurred in: The colonial elite, the main advocates of decimalisation, based their case on two main arguments...

1971 (BBC News, On this Day, 1 March 1966) Decimalisation (Royal Mint) The History Files: Decimalisation in the UK. Musical satirist Tom Lehrer singing...

advocating the adoption of decimalisation of the currency, and Parliament returned to the matter in the 1850s. Various decimalisation schemes were considered...

to decimalisation of two of the appointed commissioners, Lord Overstone (a banker) and John Hubbard (Governor of the Bank of England), decimalisation in...

historically with metrication Decimalisation of time units Decimalisation of the time of day via decimal time systems Decimalisation of the calendar via decimal...

Since decimalisation, on 15 February 1971, the pound has been divided into 100 pence (shown on coins as "new pence" until 1981). Before decimalisation, twelve...

Kingdom had been using the pounds, shillings, and pence currency system. Decimalisation was announced by Chancellor James Callaghan on 1 March 1966; one pound...

attempt at dechristianisation and decimalisation in France (which also included decimal time of day, decimalisation of currency, and metrication). It...

Indian rupee. The paisa was first introduced on 1 April 1957 after decimalisation of the Indian rupee. In 1955, the Government of India first amended...

United Kingdom, it was proposed during the decades of discussion on decimalisation as a 1⁄1000 division of the pound sterling. While this system was never...

pence (10p) at decimalisation; the half-crown, two shillings and sixpence (2/6) or one-eighth of a pound, which was abolished at decimalisation (otherwise...

Coinage. Though the commission recommended no action on moving toward decimalisation, the Master of the Mint, Thomas Graham, persuaded the chancellor of...

coin) (post-decimalisation, 1971–present) Money portal Numismatics portal Coins of the pound sterling Sixpence And, indeed, until decimalisation in 1971,...

is divided into 100 satang (สตางค์, pronounced [sà.tāːŋ]). Prior to decimalisation, the baht was divided into eight fueang (เฟื้อง, pronounced [fɯá̯ŋ])...

as well as by several princely states, and after independence until decimalisation of the currency by India and Pakistan. The first number is the number...

replacing all previous currencies. Decimalisation continued in the 20th century. For example, Cyprus decimalised the Cypriot pound in 1955, which comprised...

03 to US$2.80, the Australian pound went from US$3.224 to US$2.24. Decimalisation had been proposed for Australian currency since 1902, when a select...

The Australian sixpence circulated from 1910 up until the decimalisation of Australian Currency in 1966. The coins were initially minted in England; however...

the Crown Agents in London. In 1955, the British colonial authorities decimalised the Cypriot pound, using the "pound and mil" system proposed in 1855...

in copper, but after 1860 it was minted in bronze. In the run-up to decimalisation, it ceased to be legal tender from 31 July 1969 (although halfpennies...

64 pice (paisa) and 192 pies as 1 Pice was equal to 3 pies. In 1957, decimalisation occurred and the rupee was divided into 100 naye paise (Hindi/Urdu for...

introduction on 23 April 1968, replacing the shilling in preparation for decimalisation in 1971. It remained the same size as the one shilling coin, which also...

issued by the Commonwealth of Australia, that circulated prior to the decimalisation of Australian coinage. The Australian shilling was derived from the...

Following decimalisation, the brass threepence ceased to be legal tender after 31 August 1971. A three pence coin was also used in the pre-decimalisation currencies...

penny was demonetised on 1 September 1971, just over six months after decimalisation, and replaced (in effect) by the decimal half new penny, with +1⁄2p...

Association's Bob a Job Week. The shilling was last minted in 1966, prior to decimalisation. Following decimal day on 15 February 1971 the coin had a value of five...

tennies. Decimalisation was considered but ultimately rejected by the Coinage Committee in 1933. However, future possibilities for decimalisation were kept...

of the Irish pound. It was first issued when the Irish currency was decimalised on Decimal Day, 15 February 1971. It was one of three new designs introduced...

12 pence (d), the value of two pre-decimal sixpence coins. Following decimalisation, the old sixpence had a value of 2+1⁄2 new pence (£0.025). In 2016,...

currency was created in 1910, as the Australian Pound, which in 1966 was decimalised as the Australian Dollar. From the early 19th century until 1971, the...