Aussie Switch To Decimqal Coins Remembered...

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http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2006/s1569988.htm

Switch to decimal currency remembered
PM - Tuesday, 14 February , 2006  18:43:00
Reporter: Peter Ryan
MARK COLVIN: Exactly 40 years ago, Australians were coming to terms with a major cultural change that went right to the hip pocket, or handbag. It was the switch to decimal currency.
Getting rid of pounds, shillings and pence was a significant post-war change for some, but four decades on many consumers are grumbling about aspects of the new currency, especially the increasingly useless five-cent piece.
This report from Peter Ryan begins with the voice of the prime minister of the day, Harold Holt.