MIG wrote:
On Jun 25, 10:54 pm, Peter Beale wrote:
wrote:

A Manx 50p note, you said? They had subunit banknotes? Interesting, indeed.
The only other nation that I know of with subunits in bankotes was the
50-cent note in the Bahamas. I don't doubt, however, that there are other
places in the world with similar notes.
We had a ten-shilling note (half of one pound sterling) almost up to
decimalization in 1971 - I think it was withdrawn in favour of the 50p
coin in 1970.

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.

It was The Currency Act of 1967 which paved the way for decimalisation
in 1971, and there was a transition period allowing dual use of silver
coins, e.g. 1/- = 5p; 2/- = 10p, with the loss of 2/6 (half-crown) and
the 6d (tanner). It was in 1970 that the 10/- note was withdrawn from
circulation.

More he

http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/dec.html

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