ŽiŠardo wrote:
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 It was in 1970 that the 10/- note was withdrawn from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
As stated there, the 6d remained in use (as 2˝p) until 1980, partly at
the behest of London Transport. IMO to have vulgar fractions as an
integral part of a decimal system was always silly - to have had a 10/-
dollar would have been more sensible. But then I was happy with Łsd!
Peter Beale