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    The penny (1d) (Irish: pingin) coin was the third-smallest denomination of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth 1⁄240 of a pound or 1⁄12 of a shilling. To...
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    The British pre-decimal penny was a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1⁄240 of one pound or 1⁄12 of one shilling. Its symbol was d, from the Roman...
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  • The decimal one penny (1p) (Irish: pingin) coin was the second-smallest denomination of the Irish pound. There were 100 pennies (pence) to the pound....
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  • The halfpenny (1⁄2d) (Irish: leathphingin) coin was the second smallest denomination of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth 1⁄480 of a pound or 1⁄24 of...
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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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    The British pre-decimal halfpenny, (pronounced /ˈheɪpəni/), once abbreviated ob. (from the Latin 'obulus'), is a discontinued denomination of sterling...
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    within those sets. A decimal quarter-penny coin (to be struck in aluminium) was also proposed (which would have allowed the pre-decimal threepence to continue...
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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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  • sets of coins in Ireland since independence. In all three, the coin showed a Celtic harp on the obverse. The pre-decimal coins of the Irish punt had...
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  • Irish penny coin may refer to: Penny (Irish pre-decimal coin) Penny (Irish decimal coin) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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  • legal tender in the mainland United Kingdom. The current decimal coins consist of: one penny and two pence in copper-plated steel five pence and ten pence...
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  • The sixpence (6d; Irish: réal or reul Irish pronunciation: [ɾˠeːlˠ] RALE) coin was a subdivision of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth 1⁄40 of a pound...
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  • half penny, or ha'penny may refer to: Halfpenny (British decimal coin) Halfpenny (British pre-decimal coin) Halfpenny (Irish pre-decimal coin) Halfpenny...
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    spoken as "pounds, shillings and pence", is the popular name for the pre-decimal currencies once common throughout Europe. The abbreviation originates...
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    British twopence (2d) (/ˈtʌpəns/ or /ˈtuːpəns/) coin was a denomination of sterling coinage worth two pennies or ⁠1/120⁠ of a pound. It was a short-lived...
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  • The British decimal two pence coin (often shortened to 2p in writing and speech) is a denomination of sterling coinage equalling 2⁄100 of a pound. Since...
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  • All Irish coins and banknotes, from the start of the Irish Free State onwards, both decimal and pre-decimal, may be redeemed for euros at Ireland's Central...
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  • The farthing (1⁄4d) (Irish: feoirling) was the lowest value coin of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth a quarter of a penny, 1⁄48 of a shilling or 1⁄960...
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  • (2p) (Irish: dhá phingin) coin was the third smallest denomination of the Irish pound, being worth 1⁄50 of a pound. It was first issued on Decimal Day,...
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    British penny (abbr. p) and the de facto name of the American one-cent coin (abbr. ¢) as well as the informal Irish designation of the 1 euro cent coin (abbr...
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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 obverse...
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    House of Hanover reigned, saw the transformation of the penny from a little-used small silver coin to the bronze piece recognisable to modern-day Britons...
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  • duiten = 320 penningen), with the last pre-decimal coins withdrawn from circulation in 1848. Sweden introduced decimal currency in 1855. The riksdaler was...
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    produce coins. The first years of the reign of Henry II saw no change in the production of coins from the reign of Stephen, until the Tealby penny was introduced...
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    Ltd. ISBN 978-1-902040-56-1. Spink & Son Ltd (2017). Coins of England and the United Kingdom, Decimal Issues (3rd ed.). London: Spink & Son Ltd. ISBN 978-1-907427-99-2...
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  • the pre-decimal halfpenny piece. The inscription on the reverse read ROYAL MINT TRIAL 1994 with an edge inscription based on the one pound coin which...
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  • 2016. The coin has a 12-edged shape, similar to the pre-decimal brass threepence coin; it has roughly the same size as the previous £1 coin, and is bi-metallic...
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    of Edward VIII, until the coins were discontinued in 1970. The half crown was demonetised (ahead of other pre-decimal coins) on 1 January 1970, the year...
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    Auctioneers Spink & Son of London sold the coin on 27 March 2014 for £396,000 including commission. All pre-decimal crowns from 1818 on remain legal tender...
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  • Farthing (redirect from Farthing coin)
    Farthing coin Farthing (Irish coin), its counterpart among the pre-decimal Irish coins Farthing, used in the King James Version and Douay–Rheims translations...
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