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"Charles Ellson" wrote in message
... On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:08:55 +0100, wrote: "Phil Wieland" wrote in message ... So the only countries that currently have plastic notes all get the Australian mint to print them for them, so take up of these types of notes has been limited to smaller Pacific rim counties that don't have their own currency printing facilities or don't mind 'out sourcing' it to Australia. Doesn't the Isle of Man have plastic notes? Are theirs Australian as well? Not to my knowledge and not in my experience as I was there not too long ago. They had them in the 1980s, their main fault was that the ink came off. One party trick was IIRC to put a 50p note in the oven and shrink it. They were made from Tyvek which was phonetically close to the Manx Gaelic (thie-veg) for toilet/lavatory, thus "Tyvek paper" equated closely enough for critics to "toilet paper". Unfortunately, the aforementioned fault made them unsuitable for emergency use as such. See also:- http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclop...ymer-banknotes 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. I gave that information a glance and saw what was written about the Tyvek notes. I also saw on Wikipedia that Plymer notes are currently in circulation in areas close to Australia, such as Brunei, New Zealand, Vietnam and Romania. But there is also something called Guardian polymer notes, which are found in countries much further afield. Apparently, Northern Ireland is one of the states that issue polymer banknotes, though only for commemoratives. |
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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 guess you must be too young to remember the 10 shilling (= 50p) note in Britain. This was the 10s. note of 1955: http://www.thebanknotestore.com/brit...and/p368cf.jpg and this the rather beautiful design of 1966-70 before decimalisation replaced it with the 50p coin: http://www.collector-tower.com/bankn...bp_10s_66f.jpg -- Richard J. (to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address) |
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![]() 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. Bank of England 10 shilling notes were in regular use until 1970, when they were superseded by the 50 pence coin. Smaller denomination Treasury notes were printed during WW1, though not issued. Peter |
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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. |
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![]() "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 |
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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 Ł1 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]). |
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![]() "MIG" wrote Ah right. Thinking about it, there was a similar transition for Ł1 notes in 1983, but I don't remember if it spanned different years. GBP1 notes were issued until the end of 1984, and remained legal tender until 1988. http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/bankn...uide/index.htm IIRC, however, pound coins quickly gained popularity, andyou soon saw the notes only occasionally. Peter |
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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 -- Moving things in still pictures! |
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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 |
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