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Decimalisation

Great Britain · Economy / Currency. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1971Date range
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Chronological records

1971

Anthony Barber15 February 1971

London · Economy / Currency

Britain replaces pounds, shillings and pence with a decimal currency of one hundred new pence.

Names involved

Anthony Barber

Provenance

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