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Old 06-04-2014, 10:57 AM   #14019
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Originally Posted by Bookpossum View Post
1. I think the UK went decimal in about 1978, long after Australia did (1966). You probably did much as we did, having a mix of old and new coins for some time, so that a florin (two shillings) was now 10 new p. It must have been awfully confusing!
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1. 1971. It was done over a number of months, with the new coinage slowly being phased in.
1971 is certainly when we completed decimalisation of our currency, but the first step was made some considerable time before.
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