50 Years ago............

.........we went decimal!!

Those of you who are as old as me will remember these coins. I don't seem to have a shilling but I have everything else. I don't remember using silver threepence coins, even I'm not that old but I do remember the brass thrup'nny bit with it's 12 sides.
It was a very complicated system but my goodness those coins had character. I can remember my Grandma and my Aunts and Uncles giving me a half a crown when I went to visit and I was thrilled, it seemed such a lot of money back then.

[bkb in the city]

Great collection

[Lis Lapthorn]

Brilliant idea. When we were young.....a touch of nostalgia.

[Jesika]

Those were the days, 20 shillings to a pound, 240 pennies to a pound, 4 crowns, 8 half crowns, 8 2/6, 2 tanners or 2 six pence to a shilling....

[xbm]

I was on a train back from Liverpool. Paid for snack in £sd and got change in decimal.

[Mave]

My mother always put silver threepenny bits in our Christmas pudding.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Those certainly were the days Sue !

[KoalaGardens🐨]

I was too young to handle much above a sixpence, but I still find it odd to remember how many lollies a ha'penny would buy!

[Pat Knowles]

Interesting to see these coins again. The threepenny bit....the farthing with the Robin on it....showing my age now!

[Dione Giorgio]

Very nice collection. I remember many of them from the time when Malta was a British colony.

[Merrelyn]

We changed on the 14th February, 1966. I just did a Google search and was surprised to find the TV adds informing everyone of the changes :)

[Anne ❀]

cool collection!

[Michelle]

Lovely collection, I also remember quite a few of them!