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Decimal Coinage

Date released

21 Apr 1968

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

68/33

NoS ID

113057

Story no

1 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

Thousands of bright, shiny New Pence rolled off the production line to go into use on mini-Decimal Day - April 23rd, prior to the complete switch-over to decimal coinage in 1971.

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Five Numbers (2005)

Subject

Mathematics

A series of 15-minute programmes in which Simon Singh investigates the history of some of the most special numbers in mathematics - zero, Pi, the golden ratio, the imaginary number and infinity.

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Hundred Pennies - One Pound

Date released

22 May 1967

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1981

NoS ID

026895

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hundred Pennies - One Pound. DESCRIPTION: With Britain Going Decimal in four years time, a London advertising agency sets up a Decimal Super-Market and the Chancellor of the Exchequer...

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Decimal Currency

Date released

7 May 1967

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

67/37

NoS ID

112579

Story no

4 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

Get set for the Common Market and Decimal Currency. An experimental supermarket lets its customers get to grips with the new money.

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Decimal Coinage

Date released

9 Jul 1962

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

393

NoS ID

121241

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Will Britain adopt the decimal system? It’s a question that looks like being answered in the near future. To illustrate how the system could affect our economy, we went to the golden city...

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New Pennies

Date released

22 Feb 1968

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2020A

NoS ID

027260

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Pennies. DESCRIPTION: Britain goes Decimal in 1971, but the new coinage has already been designed. Work is also underway on the new Mint in South Wales where the decimal coinage...

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New Decimal Coinage

Date released

Jul 1969

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

86

NoS ID

327925

Story no

4 / 7

COI synopsis: Production of the new British decimal currency at the Royal Mint.

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Decimal Twins

Date released

22 Apr 1968

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2029

NoS ID

027347

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Decimal Twins. DESCRIPTION: The first of the new Decimal coins are being minted so that they can be brought into circulation to prepare us for Going Decimal in 1971. The five and ten...

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Going Decimal Down-Under

Date released

7 Sep 1964

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1840

NoS ID

025668

Story no

4 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Going Decimal Down-Under. DESCRIPTION: Stuart Devlin has drawn inspiration for the design of Australia’s new decimal coinage from the country’s unique animal life. It is expected to...

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Britain Goes Decimal

Date released

18 Feb 1971

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2176A

NoS ID

028710

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Britain Goes Decimal. DESCRIPTION: D Day comes and goes and the country quickly adjusts to the new decimal coins. There’s a bit of confusion at first of course, and most people needed...

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