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Decimalisation

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1971

Edward Richard George Heath15 February 1971

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Oversees decimalisation as Britain changes its currency system.

Names involved

Edward Richard George Heath

Provenance

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