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    Decimal Day (Irish: Lá Deachúil) in the United Kingdom and in Ireland was Monday 15 February 1971, the day on which each country decimalised its respective...
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    divided the day into 10 decimal hours, each decimal hour into 100 decimal minutes and each decimal minute into 100 decimal seconds (100,000 decimal seconds...
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  • have decimalised their currencies, converting them from non-decimal sub-units to a decimal system, with one basic currency unit and sub-units that are...
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    "eight pennies" means specifically eight individual penny coins. Before Decimal Day in 1971, sterling used the Carolingian monetary system (£sd), under which...
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    example of a word in the English language that has a silent 'f'. Before Decimal Day in 1971, sterling used the Carolingian monetary system, under which the...
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    in or around 1503 until 1946, and thereafter in cupronickel. Before Decimal Day in 1971, sterling used the Carolingian monetary system ("£sd"), under...
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  • were 100 pennies (pence) to the pound. The coin was first issued on Decimal Day, 15 February 1971. It was the second of three new designs introduced...
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    introduction in 1551 until 1947, and thereafter in cupronickel. Before Decimal Day in 1971, sterling used the Carolingian monetary system (£sd), under which...
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  • pound. It was first issued when the Irish currency was decimalised on Decimal Day, 15 February 1971. It was one of three new designs introduced all in...
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  • The British decimal one penny (1p) coin is a unit of currency and denomination of sterling coinage worth 1⁄100 of one pound. Its obverse featured the...
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    The British penny (1⁄240 of a pound sterling), a large, pre-decimal coin which continued the series of pennies which began in about the year 700, was...
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    (ahead of other pre-decimal coins) on 1 January 1970, the year before the United Kingdom adopted decimal currency on Decimal Day. King Henry VIII 1526:...
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  • the Irish pound, being worth 1⁄50 of a pound. It was first issued on Decimal Day, 15 February 1971. The coin was minted until 2000. It was the third of...
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    or pronounced /ɛl.ɛsˈdiː/ ell-ess-DEE), is the popular name for the pre-decimal currencies once common throughout Europe. The abbreviation originates from...
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  • was a subdivision of the Irish pound. It was introduced in Ireland on Decimal Day, 15 February 1971 and reused the design on the shilling coin produced...
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  • decimalised, and due to this conversion was introduced a year before Decimal Day in 1971. It is a seven-sided coin, an equilateral curve heptagon of constant...
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  • stressed on their first syllable. With the code words for the digits and decimal, each syllable is stressed equally. Only the second (English) component...
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  • the coin's value by inflation. It was introduced two years prior to Decimal Day, 15 February 1971, due to its value at a tenth of a pound being the same...
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    penny (1901-1970) (The twentieth century penny, 1901–1970) Decimal Day, 1971 Penny (British decimal coin) (Post-decimalisation, 1971–present) Money portal...
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    A decimal computer is a computer that represents and operates on numbers and addresses in decimal format – instead of binary as is common in most modern...
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  • The British decimal fifty pence coin (often shortened to 50p in writing and speech) is a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1⁄2 of one pound. Its...
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  • Akrotiri and Dhekelia (in Cyprus) use the euro. Since decimalisation on Decimal Day in 1971, the pound has been divided into 100 pence (denoted on coinage...
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  • first English milled coins 1740 Two guineas Since decimalisation on "Decimal Day", 15 February 1971, the pound has been divided into 100 pence. Originally...
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    /ˈθrʊpni/ THRUUP-nee, /ˈθrɛpni/ THREP-nee or /ˈθrʌpni/ THRUP-nee bit. Before Decimal Day in 1971, sterling used the Carolingian monetary system, under which the...
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    the other on or after Decimal Day. Sweda also had decimal-ready registers where the retailer used a special key on Decimal Day for the conversion.[citation...
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    Swatch Internet Time (category Decimal time)
    The concept is similar to decimal minutes in French Revolutionary decimal time. Instead of hours and minutes, the mean solar day is divided into 1,000 parts...
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    improvements could be made to the existing site at Tower Hill. With Decimal Day set for 1971, the government quickly decided where to establish the new...
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  • (military term) Decimal Day, the day the UK and Ireland decimalized their currencies Roommates (2006 South Korean film), or D-Day, a horror film D-Day (2013 film)...
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  • subdivision of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth 1⁄2 of an Irish pound, making this the highest-value coin in the pre-decimal system. The coin was 83...
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  • including a pamphlet called Everyone's Guide to Decimal Currency. The changeover occurred on Decimal Day, 15 February 1971. The European Monetary System...
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