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The first decimal coins – the five pence (5p) and ten pence (10p) — were introduced in 1968 in the run-up to decimalisation in order to familiarise the public with the new system. These initially circulated alongside the pre-decimal coinage and had the same size and value as the existing one shilling and two shilling coins
A commemorative coin issued between 1972 and 1981 as a post-decimal continuation of the old crown. From 1990 it was replaced in the commemorative role by the £5 coin. Fifty pence: 50p Introduced in 1969, just prior to decimalisation, to replace the ten shilling note ("ten bob note"). It was initially sometimes called a "ten bob bit".
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Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Vol. I. England and United Kingdom, over 60 years from 1st edition (Seaby, 1962) to 59th / 10th (pre-decimal / decimal, Spink, 2024). Edited by Peter Seaby, the Standard Catalogue of British Coins was published from 1962 onwards in two parts, I. England and United Kingdom and II.
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As of 2014, most decimal currencies use a 1-2-5 series of coins, but some other set of denominations would require fewer denominations of coins or a smaller average number of coins to make change or both. [citation needed] Denominations of 3, 15 or 25 units are also in existence, or have been until recently. [citation needed]
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