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Can't believe I missed this last week: #Decimalday, the 50th anniversary of a massive change in British life. The pound (£) went from being made up of 20 shillings, each worth 12 pennies, to 100 pence per pound. Did confusion reign? Yes it did! I wuz there 1/5
On #DecimalDay 1971 it was my job, as a milkman who delivered 640 pints of milk a day to families in a low income part of town, to explain to my customers, all of whom paid cash, that a pint of milk now cost five pence, not one shilling.
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Back in 1971, when UK currency went from pounds, shillings, and pence to just pounds and pence—with 100 pennies to the pound instead of 240—collecting the week's cash from customers on my milk route was a trial by fire in education, maths, and doorstep diplomacy.
3/5 #DecimalDay
3/5 #DecimalDay
Monday: 50th anniversary of UK coins #Decimalday
Biggest revolution in UK currency for centuries
Dad designed the reverses
Mum was model for 50p Britannia
& I (as toddler) trashed key designs
Dad had to win not 1 but 2 competitions to become #decimal designer: a thread
Biggest revolution in UK currency for centuries
Dad designed the reverses
Mum was model for 50p Britannia
& I (as toddler) trashed key designs
Dad had to win not 1 but 2 competitions to become #decimal designer: a thread
1st secret competition run by @RoyalMintUK
The UK’s best artists & designers invited to compete.
Dad won.
His designs turned into sample coins, see below.
Then disaster. He got a call to go into the Mint….2/16
The UK’s best artists & designers invited to compete.
Dad won.
His designs turned into sample coins, see below.
Then disaster. He got a call to go into the Mint….2/16
Deputy Master poured him a huge gin & said Govt going public with decimal plans but would be launching a 2nd competition, open to all
So Dad hadn’t won after all. He was devastated but….3/16
So Dad hadn’t won after all. He was devastated but….3/16
