Last month marked 50 years of the decimal currency since the changeover took place on February 15, 1971. Before this happened, under the British ... old coins in Britain, the London Mint sovereign ...

It's 30 years since the British decimal halfpenny ... the coin's demise in a written Commons answer in 1984, saying "most people would be glad to get rid of them". The Royal Mint stopped making ...

Curator of modern money at the British Museum ... to take them. London's Harrods department store even had 'Decimal Penny' assistants helping customers with the new coins.

IT was the biggest change in British life for a ... The Royal Mint set up a new factory to make 3.4billion new coins, including the halfpenny –which became known as the tiddler - one pence ...

APRIL 23, 1968: The first decimal coins were introduced in Britain on this day in 1968. The new 5p and 10p pieces – shown being produced at the Royal Mint in a British Pathé newsreel ... 1p was the ...

New 50p coins have been launched by Royal Mint to celebrate the anniversary of Decimal Day ... in circulation have continued to evolve. The half penny disappeared in 1984, the 20p was introduced ...

It's 30 years since the British decimal halfpenny ... the coin's demise in a written Commons answer in 1984, saying "most people would be glad to get rid of them". The Royal Mint stopped making ...