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The British florin, or two- shilling piece (2/– or 2s.), was a coin worth 1⁄10 of one pound, or 24 pence. It was issued from 1849 until 1967, with a final issue for collectors dated 1970. It was the last coin circulating immediately prior to decimalisation to be demonetised, in 1993, having for a quarter of a century circulated alongside ...
6d. £0.025. 1547–1970; circulated from 1971 to 1980 with a value of two and a half decimal pence. Also called "tanner", sometimes "tilbury", [5] or "joey" after the groat was no longer in circulation. [citation needed] Shilling. 1/-. £0.05. 1502–1970, circulated from 1971 to 1990 with a value of five decimal pence.
Design date. 1887. The double florin, or four- shilling piece, was a British coin produced by the Royal Mint between 1887 and 1890. One of the shortest-lived of all British coin denominations, it was struck in only four years. Its obverse, designed by Joseph Boehm and engraved by Leonard Charles Wyon, depicts Queen Victoria, whilst the reverse ...
1947. The British shilling, abbreviated "1s" or "1/-", was a unit of currency and a denomination of sterling coinage worth ⁄ of one pound, or twelve pence. It was first minted in the reign of Henry VII as the testoon, and became known as the shilling, from the Old English scilling, [1] sometime in the mid-16th century. It circulated until 1990.
Examples of the standard reverse designs minted until 2008. Designed by Christopher Ironside (£2 coin is not shown).. The standard circulating coinage of the United Kingdom, British Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories is denominated in pennies and pounds sterling (symbol "£", commercial GBP), and ranges in value from one penny sterling to two pounds.
A 1933 UK shilling 1956 Elizabeth II UK shilling showing English and Scottish reverses. The shilling is a historical coin, and the name of a unit of modern currencies formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, other British Commonwealth countries and Ireland, where they were generally equivalent to 12 pence or one-twentieth of a pound before being phased out during the 1960s ...
An extraordinarily rare dime whose whereabouts had remained a mystery since the late 1970s has sold for just over $500,000. The coin, which was struck by the U.S. Mint in San Francisco in 1975 ...
Two-shilling piece, florin: Two bob, two-shilling bit, two-bob bit: Australia: two bob: UK: Perhaps an early attempt at decimalisation, being £ + 1 ⁄ 10). Half a crown or half crown (value: two shillings and sixpence) An equivalent coin was not issued in the 1971 decimal currency range since there was no need for a 12 + 1 ⁄ 2 New Pence coin.