Decimal Association News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

By Tyler Rossi for CoinWeek ..... Seemingly, a 20-second conversation was all it took to undo over 1,000 years of British numismatic tradition. In 1966,

On 15 February 1971, Britain finally moved to a system that made sense to ‘every man who looked at his 10 fingers’

Today is the fiftieth anniversary of Britain’s adoption of decimalisation. From having 240 pennies to the pound, twelve pennies to a shilling and twenty shillings to the pound we moved – not quite overnight – to the system we know now. Generations of schoolchildren breathed a sigh of relief. It’s much easier to calculate in tens (fingers help). But a lot harder to deal with the sums involved in counting in twelves. Especially with fractions! Sarah Jagger’s fun feature in this week’s issue is a nostalgic look back at those days. Sarah’s article reminded me of a feature I’d s...