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Segment of the Royal Shield. Designer. Matthew Dent. Design date. 2008. The British decimal two pence coin (often shortened to 2p in writing and speech) is a denomination of sterling coinage equalling 2⁄100 of a pound. Since the coin's introduction on 15 February 1971, the year British currency was decimalised, its obverse has featured four ...
The three pence coin – expressed in writing as "3d" – first appeared in England during the fine silver coinage of King Edward VI (1547–53), when it formed part of a set of new denominations. Although it was an easy denomination to work with in the context of the old sterling coinage system, being a quarter of a shilling , initially it was not popular with the public who preferred the ...
Detailed information about the coin 20 Pence, Elizabeth II (3rd portrait), United Kingdom, with pictures and collection and swap management: mintage, descriptions, metal, weight, size, value and other numismatic data
Guinea (coin) The guinea ( / ˈɡɪniː /; commonly abbreviated gn., or gns. in plural) [1] was a coin, minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814, that contained approximately one-quarter of an ounce of gold. [2] The name came from the Guinea region in West Africa, from where much of the gold used to make the coins was sourced. [3]
The British florin, or two-shilling piece, 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 the ten-pence piece, identical in specifications and value.
Twenty Pence 1999. The British twenty pence (20p) coin - often pronounced "twenty pee" - is a unit of currency equaling twenty one-hundredths of a pound sterling. Unlike the smaller denominations, the twenty pence coin was not introduced at decimalisation in 1970 but was added in 1982, with a design by William Gardner (showing a crowned Tudor ...
