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Subj: Old Aussie v British coins.
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VK5QX mentions about the fact that there was no Half Crown, whether
called
'a half dollar' or not.
This has got me a little puzzled as, when we decimaliset our money on
15th Feb 1971, we divided the Pound into 100 'New Pence' instead of the
previous
240 'Old Pence' In fact our coins said 'New Pence' until 1981 when the
'New' was quitly dropped.
The change over, with shops and restaurants just changing D to p, was a
real rip off and actually caused high inflation.
Like a lot of other people I would have like d to have seen decimal
currency based on the 10/- note as the Aussie and New Zealanders had
already done.
This meant that most of the coins in use could be kept and were very close
to there decimal equivalents e.g. a Sixpence could be 5c, a shilling 10c,
a Florin 20c and, I'm fairly sure the Half Crown was 25c.
Whether you called the 10 shilling note a 'Dollar', a 'New Pound' or any
other name, didn't really bother me. It would have been a lot cheaper with
much less chance of the big rip off and consequent inflation.
15th Feb 1971 was a long time ago so my memory could be playing tricks by
now. Can anyone from 'down under' tell me if there was a half crown coin
that became 25c? It seems sensible to me.
Thanks in advance. Ian.
ian@g0tez.fsnet.co.uk
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