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Before Decimal Day in 1971, sterling used the Carolingian monetary system , under which the largest unit was a pound (£), divisible into 20 shillings (s), each worth 12 pence (d), the value of two pre-decimal sixpence coins. Following decimalisation, the old sixpence had a value of 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 new pence (£0.025).
1/6: £0.075: 1344 Gold coin demonetized within one year. [coins 2] One shilling and sixpence: 1/6: £0.075: Late 1640's Minted under Charles I during the civil war briefly. Gold penny: 1/8 to 2/-£0.0833 to £0.1: 1257–1265. Gold. Undervalued for its metal content and extremely rare. Quarter noble: 1/8: £0.0833: 1344–1470. Quarter angel ...
Gun money (Irish: airgead gunna) [1] [2] was an issue of coins made by the forces of James II during the Williamite War in Ireland between 1689 and 1691. They were minted in base metal (copper, brass or pewter), and were designed to be redeemed for silver coins following a victory by James II and consequently bore the date in months to allow a ...
The threepence (Irish: leath reul [ˌl̠ʲah ˈɾˠeːlˠ]) or 3d coin was a subdivision of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth 1 ⁄ 80 of a pound or 1 ⁄ 4 of a shilling. Leath reul literally means "half reul", the reul being a sixpence coin worth about the same as the Spanish real (a quarter of a peseta). As with all other Irish coins, it ...
Each of the reverses for the sixpence and above carried the date of minting, but none carried a statement of the coin's monetary value. [22] The sixpence had borne a wreath surrounding a statement of its value since 1831, [23] with one reason for this being that it was the same size as the half sovereign, and was sometimes fraudulently plated ...
Surviving coins are collectors' items and can be valuable; in 2012 a Newark shilling sold for US$1,900. [6]Apart from their obvious interest to numismatists and historians, images of the coins are used to decorate rubbish bins, [7] and a few residents of Newark would like to introduce a "Newark Siege Pound" as a form of local currency they believe would benefit the local economy.
The British three halfpence coin was a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1 / 160 of one pound or 1 / 8 of one shilling. It was produced for circulation in the British colonies, mainly in Ceylon and the West Indies in each year between 1834 and 1843, and also in 1860 and 1862. Proof coins were also produced in 1870.
A bawbee was a Scottish sixpence. The word means a debased copper coin, valued at six pence Scots (equal at the time to an English half-penny), issued from the reign of James V of Scotland to the reign of William II of Scotland. They were hammered until 1677, when they were produced upon screw presses.