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  2. Decimal Day - Wikipedia

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    Decimal Day (Irish: Lá Deachúil) [1] in the United Kingdom and in Ireland was Monday 15 February 1971, the day on which each country decimalised its respective £sd currency of pounds, shillings, and pence. Before this date, the British pound sterling (symbol "£") was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 (old) pence, a total of 240 pence ...

  3. List of British banknotes and coins - Wikipedia

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    Pre-decimalisation value Post-decimalisation value [1] Dates of use Notes Mite ⁠ 1 / 24 ⁠ d £0.0001736 15th century The Flemish groat approximately matched the English penny c 1420-1480 and was divided into 24 mites. The latter was thus extended to mean ⁠ 1 / 24 ⁠ penny or ⁠ 1 / 6 ⁠ farthing even if not minted in Tudor England. [2 ...

  4. Coins of the pound sterling - Wikipedia

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    Since decimalisation, on 15 February 1971, the pound has been divided into 100 pence (minted on coins as new until 1981). Before decimalisation, twelve pence made a shilling, and twenty shillings made a pound. British coins are minted by the Royal Mint in Llantrisant, Wales. The Royal Mint also commissions the coins' designs however they also ...

  5. Policy of standardisation - Wikipedia

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    The policy of standardization was a policy implemented by the Sri Lankan government in 1971 [1] to curtail the number of Tamil students selected for certain faculties in the universities. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In 1972, the government added a district quota as a parameter within each language.

  6. Decimalisation - Wikipedia

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    Decimalisation or decimalization (see spelling differences) is the conversion of a system of currency or of weights and measures to units related by powers of 10.. Most countries 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 valued relative to the basic unit by a power of 10, most commonly ...

  7. Pound sterling - Wikipedia

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    Historically almost every British coin had a widely recognised nickname, such as "tanner" for the sixpence and "bob" for the shilling. [36] Since decimalisation these have mostly fallen out of use except as parts of proverbs. A common [37] slang term for the pound unit is "quid" (singular and plural, except in the common phrase "quids in"). [38]

  8. Decimal separator - Wikipedia

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    The interpunct (·) used as a decimal separator in a British print from 1839 [16] In the nations of the British Empire (and, later, the Commonwealth of Nations ), the full stop could be used in typewritten material and its use was not banned, although the interpunct (a.k.a. decimal point, point or mid dot) was preferred as a decimal separator ...

  9. Category:Decimalisation - Wikipedia

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