End date for the pre-decimal Pound Sterling - 1971, not 1970. [solved]

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Posted: 10 Feb 2026, 08:27 #
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The end date for the pre-decimal Pound Sterling needs to be changed - to 1971, not 1970.

 

Aidan.

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Posted: 10 Feb 2026, 09:19 #
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 Agreed. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_Day 

 Quote: Decimal Day (Irish: Lá Deachúil) in the United Kingdom and Ireland was 

Monday 15 February 1971, the day on which each country decimalised its 

respective £sd currency of pounds, shillings, and pence. 

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Posted: 10 Feb 2026, 13:54 #
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The last sterling coins were dated 1970.

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Posted: 10 Feb 2026, 15:11 #
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radrick007

The last sterling coins were dated 1970.

 

Those were in Proof  sets only.

 

The 5 & 10 New Pence were first struck in 1968 - & was worth 1/- & 2/- until Decimal Day.

 

The 50 New Pence was first struck in 1969 - & was worth 10/-.

 

The Pound Sterling itself was worth the same - only what made up 1 Pound Sterling was what changed.

 

Even today, the Pound Sterling is still called that.

 

Aidan.

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Posted: 10 Feb 2026, 18:45 #
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Are they not the same currency but with a new system?

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Posted: 10 Feb 2026, 19:29 #
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KennyG

Are they not the same currency but with a new system?

 

Like the Irish Pound, it is what it was subdivided into that changed - which is why there is separate descriptions for the Pound Sterling.

 

There is 3 separate descriptions for the Cypriot Pound - based on what it was subdivided into.

 

Aidan.

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Posted: 20 Feb 2026, 14:53 #
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Fixed.

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