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In the 1950s and 60s in Britain, 5 shillings (25p) was a dollar, and 2s 6d (12 1/2p) was 'half a dollar).
I can remember going to the market, the stall-holders' common cries were 'only 'alf a dollar'.
The exchange rate of 4 dollars to the pound sterling went all the way back to 1804 when the Bank of England counterstamped Spanish or Spanish-American coins of 8 reales (dollars) as 5 shilling coins.
I think in South Africa and Southern Rhodesia, a 'ticky' was the name for 3 pence.
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Easy to remember: old (LSD) was 240 pence/pound, decimal is 200 new pence. Shilling becomes 10c, florin is 20c, etc.
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I bet Australian fifth-graders knew all these terms, too ACTUALLY... this is now apart of the new grade four curriculum   .
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I believe Australian £1 was "devalued" in the late 1920s in order to export cheaply to the UK by one of the treasurers or was it a PM? Prior to this, Australian £ was on par with £ sterling because of it being a British colony then still linked to the UK due to the economic ties.
Up to 1966, British pound is worth Australian £1/5/0. Australian dollar was linked to the US dollar for a short time after Australia left sterling area. That means the Australian dollar was linked to sterling for some time prior to the UK's devaluation on their £ sterling.
That is from my memory.
My dad used to tell me that 2/6 was half a dollar when he was a lad in Belfast. Usually people would say 2 and 6 or very rarely half crown.
I always wanted to know why 2/6 coins were not minted in Australia. Is there any particular reason?
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12/01/2017 9:49 pm
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I always wanted to know why 2/6 coins were not minted in Australia. Is there any particular reason? My guess is that cause of the non-usage of the crown coins, 1937 crowns for the public, however that just an assumption I'm making. Still curiously across the ditch in New Zealand they did produce half crowns.
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Thanks for the bump, ryurazu, a nice terminology refresher.  |
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I find it funny that in the 50s and 60s, 2/6 was call "half a dollar". In the late 1940s the UK pound was devalued so that 2/6 was closer to 30 cents.
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There is a mixture of GB, NZ and Australian coin info in this thread.  GB stuff doesn't really belong here, they have a separate section. life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Guys & Gals,is the Oz. Coin Forum still active?,i haven't been able to access the last few days.Thanks.
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Same here. Not been able access it for at least a couple of days.
View my Coins here, (NOW WITH OVER 16,800 IMAGES).... https://www.coincommunity.org/galle...hp?cat=10048OFEC count = 237 |
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Hi Trigger,still down this morning,surely Mark would have posted something if closing or major renovation.?
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Yep, still can't get in today. I'm sure he would have let us know.
Might have to contact him through The Purple Penny.
Edit : I just sent them an email. Will let you know the response.
View my Coins here, (NOW WITH OVER 16,800 IMAGES).... https://www.coincommunity.org/galle...hp?cat=10048OFEC count = 237 Edited by triggersmob
05/10/2025 12:00 am
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Oz Coin Forum? Got a link please?
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Edited by jens coins
05/10/2025 06:15 am
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There is a mixture of GB, NZ and Australian coin info in this thread.
GB stuff doesn't really belong here, they have a separate section. GB coins are inextricably linked with pre-decimal Australian coins. I remember Uncle Jim telling me that GB halfpennies, pennies, sixpences, shillings and florins circulate freely in Australia. I suppose halfcrowns didn't because there was no Australian equivalent, and that by 1946, Britain was using 12-sided threepences whereas Australian was still using round ones.
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