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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Can anyone tell me what this is all about? It says "FAREWELL to the £.S.D. SYSTEM". 10 coin set: Half Crown 1967 Crown 1965 Florin 1966 Eng Shilling 1966 Scottish Shilling 1966 Halfpenny 1966 Threepense 1967 Farthing 1954 Sixpense 1966 Penny 1966 All coins are UC with beautiful luster, MS-60-MS68, very proof like if not proof....I don't know anything about foreign coins. Thanks Image:  farewell.jpg81.42 KB Edited by BadThad
06/24/2007 5:19 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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A pound had 20 shillings and a shilling 12 pence and the small change would rip your pocket out by sheer weight when I visited the UK
I guess that now since they are on a decimal system they said goodbye to their ole system like a lot of euro countries are saying goodbye to their old money now that they are on the euro ( like the ultimate french frank )
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
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OOOOooooo, an uncirculated Churchill crown. I paid a few $$ to get one of those.  |
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Canada
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Australia
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G'day BadThad, your coin set is the last, or near-to-last of each of the commonly circulating denominations of coinage used in the United Kingdom before conversion to decimal currency.
The "pound" remained the basic unit of currency. Pre-conversion, a pound was divided into 240 pence, or pennies ("d"). Post-conversion, one pound equalled 100 New Pence ("p"). Since then, I don't know when, the "new" has been dropped from "New Pence".
The set you have would ve a useful addition to any collection of UK coins.
Peter in Oz
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That's interesting chrycopaul. So these are coins minted before the change to the decimal system. Since I know nothing about foreign coins, are these considered proofs or uncirculated? Are they worth anything?
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Canada
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are these considered proofs or uncirculated? Are they worth anything?
They would have been uncirculated. These booklets can be picked up for a couple of dollars. |
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Note that chrycopaul's set is an official mint set issued by The Royal Mint. The £sd set with mixed dates would have been privately issued. quote:
Peter THOMAS said:
...Since then, I don't know when, the "new" has been dropped from "New Pence"...
The word "New" was dropped from the coins in 1982. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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OK, thanks guys.
Guess I'll just stash this thing away if it's only worth "a couple bucks". Maybe it'll be worth more in 20 years.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Guess I'll just stash this thing away if it's only worth "a couple bucks".
I was refering to the blue folder I showed. I do not know the value of yours.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I was refering to the blue folder I showed. I do not know the value of yours.
OH....so there is a glimmer of hope! LOL Since nobody seems to know the values, I guess I'll check around Heritage or something....unless someone has a better idea. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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So much for that idea, I get nothing. :(
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Bedrock of the Community
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Ahhh....eBay.uk has all these coins individually. Looks like the set is prob worth between $20-$50.
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Posted 06/24/2007 5:21 pm
