CAPTION: D DAY 25 
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File # GN5422 (P) D DAY 25


Coins on left side, clockwise from top:
A tiny, silver Victorian penny-halfpenny piece, dated 1843.
The half-crown had no satisfactory decimal equivalent, and ceased to be legal tender from 1 January 1970.
The 50p piece, phased in in 1969 to replace the old ten shilling note, was the worldÕs first seven-sided coin. Early design options included four, ten and 12 sides. 
An old ÔworkhouseÕ pound dating from 1813. It bears the words ÔOne pound note payable at the workhouse for 240 tokensÕ and was issued in Birmingham.
The distinctive, 12-sided threepenny piece effectively ceased to circulate within two weeks of D Day and was no longer legal tender from September 1971.
A gold Scottish £20 piece from the reign of James 1. It fetched $67,500 (£33,415) at auction in Los Angeles in 1976 Ð at the time a new world record for any British coin.
Coins on right side, clockwise from top:
The 5p coin was phased in alongside old money in 1968 in preparation for D Day in 1971. It has since been reduced in size.
The threepenny bit.
An old halfpenny, which ceased to be legal tender in 1969.
Like the 5p, the 10p coin was phased in in 1968 but has since been reduced in size.
The 2p coin, introduced on D Day in February 1971.
Background, left: an old £5 note, dating from 1835. Right: the £1 note, replaced by the pound coin on decimalisation and finally withdrawn from circulation in 1988. Bottom: a £10 note of today.


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