Pre Decimilsation

[amethyst]

Who remembers the old coins and notes that were in serculation

Half Penny
Penny
Threepennybit
Sixpence
Shilling
Crown
Half Crown
10 Shilling note was a brown colour
£1 notes were green
£5 notes were blue
Cant remember £10 or £20 notes lol

[Twocky61]

Re: Pre Decimilsation

Were there tens & twenties back then? I'm sure fifties weren't

[Richard1978]

Re: Pre Decimilsation

IIRC £20 notes came in early 1970s, probably the same time decimal coins did.

I just about remember half pence coins before they were withdrawn, & can only remember spending a £1 note once before they were withdrawn.

Also I just remember 20 pence coins coming in.

[amethyst]

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When they got rid of the 10 shilling note and replaced it with 50p coin

I couldnt understand the guineas it was confusing

[Twocky61]

Re: Pre Decimilsation

Those white fivers, my Grandad had folded into a little squares, stuffed into his mattress because he thought if he put it in a bank & that bank was robbed he would lose his money I think like now back then the bank covered it. Isn't it £60k they cover? Over that you lose the rest?

[victorbrunswick]

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I couldnt understand the guineas it was confusing

I believe this was the breakdown:

12p = 1 shilling
2 shillings = 1 florin
2/6 = 1 half crown
5 shillings = 1 crown
20 shillings = £1
1 guinea = £1/1/0

And I recall reading somewhere that the price of high end items were traditionally expressed in guineas.

[amethyst]

Re: Pre Decimilsation

I believe this was the breakdown:

12p = 1 shilling
2 shillings = 1 florin






2/6 = 1 half crown
5 shillings = 1 crown
20 shillings = £1
1 guinea = £1/1/0

And I recall reading somewhere that the price of high end items were traditionally expressed in guineas.

Thank you but Im glad we dont have to deal with that again

[Twocky61]

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Guinea today is £1.05

It was actually a con invented by antique dealers and the like so they recieved a shilling extra on each pound

[battyrat]

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I can remember most of the smaller pre decimal coins up to a Florin in mums purse. Have no memory of the bigger values. The coins seem ,looking back big and bulky. Thinking of the decimal system the half pence seemed out of place with it seeing it worked on units of 10.Perhaps the half penny was the last pre decimal coin in circulation which somehow got adopted into the decimal system.

[Richard1978]

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I think the half penny was useful for converting the £-S-d prices to decimal ones, but by the 1980s it had done it's duty.

[amethyst]

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Do you remember they kept the sixpence for a while was it value around 2 and half pence

[Twocky61]

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Yes Amethyst it was 2 and a half pence in decimal coinage, half a shilling or half a 5p

[amethyst]

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I am surprised that they havent got rid of the schrapnels of pennies

[Twocky61]

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well I suppose they need them so as to make a 100 of them for a pund so they are the single multiples. Like 100 cents to a Euro or Dollar

[amethyst]

Re: Pre Decimilsation

well I suppose they need them so as to make a 100 of them for a pund so they are the single multiples. Like 100 cents to a Euro or Dollar

Fair point

Wait until we get the plastic money in force is it a good or bad thing,the scammers would get round it I suppose