Currency Name | Pound Sterling (pre-decimal) |
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System | 1 Pound = 20 Shillings, 1 Shilling = 12 Pence, 1 Penny = 4 Farthings |
Description | The pound sterling is the world's oldest currency still in use and which has been in continuous usage since its inception. Prior to 1971, one pound was subdivided into 20 shillings and each shilling into 12 pence, making 240 pence to the pound (hence the currency was not decimal). On 15 February 1971, the UK decimalised, replacing the shilling and penny with a single subdivision, the new penny. £1 12s 6d became £1.62½. The word "new" was omitted from coins after 1981. |
Coin Type | Type | From | To | Sub-types | Coins |
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Half Guinea | Regular Circulating | 1801 | 1813 | 11 | |
Third Guinea | Regular Circulating | 1801 | 1813 | 10 | |
Crown | Regular Circulating | 1801 | 1965 | 10 | 45 |
Five Shillings | Notgeld / Emergency Money | 1804 | 1804 | 1 | |
Penny (Pre-decimal) | Regular Circulating | 1806 | 1970 | 5 | 127 |
Halfpenny (Pre-decimal) | Regular Circulating | 1806 | 1970 | 5 | 135 |
Farthing | Regular Circulating | 1806 | 1956 | 5 | 136 |
Guinea | Regular Circulating | 1813 | 1813 | 1 | |
Halfcrown | Regular Circulating | 1816 | 1970 | 15 | 132 |
Shilling | Regular Circulating | 1816 | 1970 | 13 | 181 |
Sixpence | Regular Circulating | 1816 | 1970 | 14 | 151 |
Maundy Fourpence (Pre-decimal) | Non-Circulating Legal Tender | 1817 | 1970 | 152 | |
Maundy Threepence (Pre-decimal) | Non-Circulating Legal Tender | 1817 | 1970 | 152 | |
Maundy Twopence (Pre-decimal) | Non-Circulating Legal Tender | 1817 | 1970 | 152 | |
Maundy Penny (Pre-decimal) | Non-Circulating Legal Tender | 1817 | 1970 | 2 | 152 |
Sovereign (Pre-Decimal) | Regular Circulating | 1817 | 1968 | 3 | 148 |
Half Sovereign (Pre-decimal) | Regular Circulating | 1817 | 1953 | 2 | 100 |
Crown (Pattern) | Pattern | 1817 | 1817 | 1 | |
Twopence (Circulating) | Regular Circulating | 1817 | 1848 | 6 | |
Five Sovereigns (Pre-decimal) | Regular Circulating | 1820 | 1937 | 11 | |
Double Sovereign (Pre-decimal) | Regular Circulating | 1820 | 1937 | 13 | |
Third Farthing | Regular Circulating | 1827 | 1913 | 12 | |
Half Farthing | Regular Circulating | 1828 | 1868 | 14 | |
Threepence, Circulating | Regular Circulating | 1834 | 1970 | 8 | 143 |
Three Halfpence | Regular Circulating | 1834 | 1870 | 13 | |
Fourpence | Regular Circulating | 1836 | 1888 | 24 | |
Quarter Farthing | Regular Circulating | 1839 | 1868 | 5 | |
Florin (Two Shillings) | Regular Circulating | 1848 | 1970 | 10 | 117 |
Decade and Florin (Pattern) | Pattern | 1848 | 1926 | 3 | |
Quarter Sovereign (Pre-decimal) | Pattern | 1853 | 1853 | 2 | |
Twopence (Pattern) | Pattern | 1859 | 1859 | 1 | |
Penny (Pattern) | Pattern | 1859 | 1894 | 3 | |
Halfpenny (Pattern) | Pattern | 1859 | 1859 | 2 | |
Double Florin | Regular Circulating | 1887 | 1890 | 4 | |
Trade Dollar | Bullion | 1894 | 1935 | 23 | |
Sixpence (Pattern) | Pattern | 1926 | 1926 | 1 | |
Threepence (Pattern) | Pattern | 1937 | 1937 | 3 | |
Farthing (Pattern) | Pattern | 1937 | 1937 | 1 | |
Unsorted | Other | 63 |
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Issued By | United Kingdom |
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From | 1801 |
To | 1971 |
Country | Period | From | To | |
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Saint Helena | Pound Sterling (pre-decimal) | 1657 | 1971 |
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Isle of Man | Pound Sterling (pre-decimal) | 1679 | 1971 |
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New South Wales | Pound Sterling | 1788 | 1901 |
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United Kingdom | Pound Sterling (pre-decimal) | 1801 | 1971 |
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Bahamas, British Crown Colony | Pound Sterling | 1825 | 1966 |
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Ceylon, British | Pound Sterling (pre-decimal) | 1825 | 1872 |
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Malta, British Crown Colony | Pound Sterling | 1825 | 1964 |
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Falkland Islands | Pound Sterling (pre-decimal) | 1833 | 1971 |
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Jersey | Pound Sterling (pre-decimal) | 1834 | 1971 |
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South Australia | Pound Sterling | 1836 | 1901 |
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New Zealand | Pound Sterling (pre-decimal) | 1840 | 1935 |
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Guernsey | Pound Sterling (1848 - 1850) | 1848 | 1850 |
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Guernsey | Pound Sterling (pre-decimal) | 1870 | 1971 |
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Gibraltar | Pound Sterling (pre-decimal) | 1898 | 1971 |
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Australia | Pound Sterling | 1901 | 1910 |
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New Hebrides | Pound Sterling | 1906 | 1941 |
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Ireland | Pound Sterling | 1922 | 1928 |
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Malta | Pound Sterling | 1964 | 1972 |