On Jun 26, 7:54*am, "Peter Masson" wrote:
"MIG" wrote



That's three people mentioning 1970, but surely the 50p came in in
1969? *That's certainly when the bulk of the original ones were dated.

The 10 shilling notes were last issued, and the 50 p coin first issued in
1969. For a year or so they both circulated alongside each other, until,
towards the end of 1970 the 10 shilling note ceased to be legal tender.

Peter

Ah right. Thinking about it, there was a similar transition for £1
notes in 1983, but I don't remember if it spanned different years.

In both cases there seem to have been enough issued to replace all the
notes in circulation. The majority of 50ps in circulation were dated
1969 for a long time, and not many dated 1970 (or any dated 1971 that
I can remember [or any coins at all dated 1972, except perhaps in
collector sets]).