[1]
The Ten Shilling Note (50 pence) is portrayed above the following coins:
- Half Crown (ie 2/6d = 12½ pence
- demonetised January 1st 1970);
- Florin (ie 2/- = 10 pence);
- One Shilling (ie 1/- = 5 pence);
- Sixpence (ie
6d = 2½ pence
- withdrawn June 30th 1980);
- Silver Threepenny Bit (a coin that was last produced for
circulation in the UK in 1941)
NOTES:
- the scale below the coins is marked at One Inch intervals;
- the Ten Shilling
Note was replaced by the 50 pence coin
on October 14th 1969, and the note ceased to be legal
tender on November
22nd 1970
[2]
The following coins are portrayed below the reverse side of a Cashier's Name Plate:
- Threepenny
Bit (ie 3d - ceased to be legal tender on
August 31st 1971);
- One Penny (ie 1d - ceased to be legal tender
on August 31st 1971);
- Half Penny (ie ½d - demonetised August 1st 1969);
- Farthing (ie ¼d - a coin that was withdrawn
in 1960);
- New Half Penny (ie ½p - a very unpopular coin that
ceased
to be legal tender in 1984)
[3]
Souvenir sets of the old coins were also sold, and a pack is shown here (below left), together with two pre-decimal coin bags.