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Originally Posted by Bookpossum
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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Originally Posted by orlok
1. 1971. It was done over a number of months, with the new coinage slowly being phased in.
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1971 is certainly when we completed decimalisation of our currency, but the first step was made some considerable time before.