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The British decimal twenty pence coin (often shortened to 20p in writing and speech) is a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1 ⁄ 5 of a pound. Like the 50p coin, it is an equilateral curve heptagon. [1] Its obverse has featured the profile of the British monarch since the coin's introduction on 9 June 1982. [1]
The coin was reduced in size in 1992. Twenty pence: 20p Introduced in 1982. Twenty-five pence: 25p A commemorative coin issued between 1972 and 1981 as a post-decimal continuation of the old crown. From 1990 it was replaced in the commemorative role by the £5 coin. Fifty pence: 50p
The twenty pence (20p) coin was introduced in 1982 to fill the gap between the 10p and 50p coins. The pound coin (£1) was introduced in 1983 to replace the Bank of England £1 banknote which was discontinued in 1984 (although the Scottish banks continued producing them for some time afterwards; the last of them, the Royal Bank of Scotland £1 ...
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Twenty pence may refer to: A Twenty pence (British coin), a decimal subdivision of the pound sterling; A Twenty pence (Irish coin), a decimal subdivision of the now withdrawn Irish pound. A Gold penny, an English medieval gold coin from the 13th century
These denominations are only used for commemoratives. During the decimal era, crowns were converted to twenty-five pence. 50p and £2 coins made after 1996 circulate normally and can be found in change. Usually about 5 million of each of these are the commemorative issue, the rest being of the standard design.
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