Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - BBCNEWS - 20210215:15:51:00
Thats when our old system of pounds, shillings and pence was replaced by the coins and notes we know today. but the transition wasnt straightforward, as tim muffett explains. bloody new money, i dont want it. whats wrong with it? no, i want the old. no, i dont want it. all change. goodbye, shillings, half crowns and thrupenny bits. hello to a radical new concept, 100 new pence to every pound. decimalisation. d—day, as it became known, was the 15th of february 1971. the new decimal money will b...
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