VINTAGE 1967 GREAT BRITAIN FAREWELL TO THE POUND SHILLING AND PENNY SYSTEM

The Great Britain 'Farewell to £.s.d Coinage' Souvenir Coin Set. The set contains the eleven British coins used before the change to decimal coinage in 1971, namely: a 1965 Winston Churchill crown, a 1967 halfcrown, 1967 florin, 1965 English shilling, 1963 Scottish shilling, 1965 sixpence, 1967 threepence, 1967 penny, 1967 halfpenny and 1954 farthing. All coins have the legend of Queen Elizabeth (regina 1952-2022) on the obverse side. This is a 1967 pre decimal set. So why are some coins dated earlier? Read on about the interesting history of some pre decimal coins.
 
In 2002, the BBC ran a public poll, asking the British public who they thought was the greatest Briton of all time. The winner by a mile was Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965). When Winston Churchill passed away in 1965, the British Crown coin had long ago fallen out of regular circulation. By the twentieth century, Crowns were only being minted in a new monarch's coronation year as a type of souvenir to remember the occasion. The 1965 Churchill Crowns were Crown coins made by the UK's official national mint, The Royal Mint, to mark the death of Sir Winston Churchill. The new coin was approved by Parliament in March 1965, less than two months after Churchill's death. 
 
An English and a Scottish Shilling? The british shilling was first minted in the reign of Henry VII and was called the testoon. The shilling was also referred to as the bob. The 1965 shilling has 3 lions within a shield and was made of cupro-nickel. The shilling since 1937 to 1966 was produced in both an English and a Scottish design. Shillings with the Scottish reverse were first made in 1937, to honour Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, George VIs wife. They were last made in 1966. The coin on offer are dated 1963 and in Brilliant Uncirculated condition, remember it is almost the last date that a Scottish Shilling was struck. The 1963 Scottish shilling reverse shows a single lion within a shield, with the royal crown above.
 
A Farthing was the smallest denomination issued for regular usage until 1956 and there were 960 of them to the Pound. The 1954 they changed the legend slightly and had a youthful portrait of the Queen on one side and a wren on the other side. The 1954 Farthing is one of only three dates with this legend.

Size: PERSPEX CASE 17CM WIDE 12CM DEEP
 
Condition: PERSPEX CASE HAS SOME SCRATCHES AND HINGE DAMAGE. COINS HAS MINOR PATINA WEAR.
 
PRE-DECIMAL SYSTEM IN BRITAIN:
After the Norman Conquest in 1066 King Henry II (5 March 1133 6 July 1189) of England introduced a new system of coinage in which the pound was divided into twenty shillings or 240 pennies. It remained so until decimalization on 15 February 1971, when the pound was divided up in 100 UNITS as it is still done today.
2 farthings (1/4 pence) = 1 halfpenny    2 halfpence = 1 penny (1d)   3 pence = 1 thruppence (3d)   6 pence = 1 sixpence (a 'tanner') (6d)   2 pence = 1 shilling (a bob) (1s)
2 shillings = 1 florin ( a 'two bob bit') (2s)2     shillings and 6 pence = 1 half crown (2s 6d)5     shillings = 1 Crown (5s) = 12 Pennies(d)
 
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