The Decimalisation of UK Coinage
Decimal Day was set for 15 February 1971, when the new coins would be introduced. It was a momentous day for the national currency, and the beginning of a period of planning and changes for The Royal Mint.
For centuries, Britain relied on a coinage system of pounds, shillings and pence. Twelve pennies made a shilling, and 20 shillings a pound.
Decimalisation had been the subject of passionate debate for centuries from as early as the sixteenth century.
Britain’s first decimal coins were designed by the sculptor Christopher Ironside FSIA FRBS OBE. Christopher died on 13 July 1992.
Britain adopted decimal currency in 1971 but the process of designing the new coins actually began ten years earlier.
The first decimal coins that appeared in the United Kingdom back in 1968. Forty years later, in 2008, we wanted to update the coins with a fresh set of designs.
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1970 Pre Decimal UK Proof Set
One of the first modern Proof sets to be produced by The Royal Mint
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