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Coin 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.
2019: Fifty Years of the Fifty Pence - British Military Set; 2019: 20th anniversary of The Gruffalo (2 coins) - The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo & Mouse; 2019: Innovation in Science set (1st coin) - Stephen Hawking; 2019: Beatrix Potter (4th series) - Peter Rabbit; 2019: 30th anniversary of A Grand Day Out (Wallace and Gromit) 2019: The Snowman ...
2019 50 years of the 50 pence coin – British Culture Set A re-issue of five of the most iconic designs— the original Britannia (1969) with NEW PENCE text and micro-engraved mint marks, [2] first sub-four-minute mile (2004), Scouting (2007), Kew Gardens (2009), Girl Guides (2010). All have the new obverse with the year 2019. Various Unknown 2019
The British five pound (£5) coin is a commemorative denomination of sterling coinage. As of October 2022, the obverse of new coins feature the profile of King Charles III . The obverse previously depicted Queen Elizabeth II between the coin's introduction in 1990 and the Queen's death in 2022.
The anniversary themes are continued until at least 2009, with two designs announced. For a complete list, see Two pounds (British decimal coin). From 2018 to 2019 a series of 10p coins with 26 different designs was put in circulation "celebrating Great Britain with The Royal Mint's Quintessentially British A to Z series of coins". [35]
The committee's findings were published in 1950 and proposed creation of four new certificates (X - films aimed at adults only, from which children should be absolutely excluded; C - films aimed specifically at children; Category U - films suitable for all; Category A - films suitable for all, but dealing with mild adult subject matter).
This is a list of British postage stamps issued by the Royal Mail postal service of the United Kingdom, normally referred to in philatelic circles as Great Britain. This list should be consistent with printed publications, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and cite sources of any deviation (e.g., magazine issue listing newly found variations).
Up to the 1950s, British commemorative stamps were few and far between; most of the stamps were what are officially called "definitives", [20] in which the portrait of the reigning monarch was the dominant element. Even after commemorative stamps began to appear more often during the 1950s and early 1960s, the monarch's effigy was prominent ...