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The British sixpence (/ ˈ s ɪ k s p ən s /) piece, sometimes known as a tanner or sixpenny bit, was a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1 ⁄ 40 of a pound or half a shilling. It was first minted in 1551, during the reign of Edward VI , and circulated until 1980.
Prior to decimalisation in 1971, there were 12 pence (written as 12d) in a shilling (written as 1s or 1/-) and 20 shillings in a pound, written as £1 (occasionally "L" was used instead of the pound sign, £).
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The British Islands (red) and overseas territories (blue) using the Pound or their local issue. Outside the United Kingdom, the British Crown Dependencies of Jersey and Guernsey use the pound sterling as their currencies. However, they produce local issues of coinage in the same denominations and specifications, but with different designs.
Sixpence (British coin) Sixpence (Irish coin) Sixpence (Australian) Sixpence (New Zealand coin) Other uses. Flat cap, a rounded cap with a brim, also called a sixpence;
The brass threepence, or "threepenny bit", was a twelve-sided British coin equivalent to 1 ⁄ 80 of a pound. Struck between 1937 and 1967, with a final issue for collectors dated 1970, it was the first British coin that was not round.
A gun money crown, featuring an equestrian portrait of James II.Unlike the other coins in this series, the crown did not bear the month of issue. Half-crown (Two shillings Six pence or 30-pence) coin, dated September 1689.
The Russian ruble was the first decimal currency to be used in Europe, dating to 1704, though China had been using a decimal system for at least 2000 years. [2] Elsewhere, the Coinage Act of 1792 introduced decimal currency to the United States, the first English-speaking country to adopt a decimalised currency.