In article ,
MIG wrote:
On Jun 25, 10:54*pm, Peter Beale wrote:

We had a ten-shilling note (half of one pound sterling) almost up to
decimalization in 1971 - I think it was withdrawn in favour of the 50p
coin in 1970.

That's three people mentioning 1970, but surely the 50p came in in
1969? That's certainly when the bulk of the original ones were dated.

The ten shilling note and the 50p piece co-existed for a little while.
I remember at a primary school fete paying for an item with a 10/- note,
and getting a 50p (plus some pence) in change. To this day I don't know
whether the stallholder mistook the ten bob note for a pound or whether
they assumed the then-new 50p was worth less than it was ! It must have
been in late 1969 or early 1970 because I changed to secondary school
in September of the latter year.

Nick
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