SYND 15-2-71 THE FIRST DAY OF DECIMALISED CURRENCY IN THE UK

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Title	:	SYND 15-2-71 THE FIRST DAY OF DECIMALISED CURRENCY IN THE UK
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I can’t imagine a reporter with such a plummy voice being allowed anywhere near the BBC these days
Comment from : Pro Bono

Heath did not realise that this would boost inflation
Comment from : malthusXIII

Would have made things a little easier if they changed the name of the currency too, which is what most of the rest of the countries that used pounds shillings and pence did
Comment from : QuarioQuario54321

One shilling is equivalent to 5 new pence The old sixpence is logically equivalent to 2 and ½ new pence but how about 5d, 4d, 3d, 2d, 1d, ½d? If a product costs 3s 6d the decimalised price would be 17 ½ new pence but what if the product costs 3s 5d? 3s 4d? 3s 3d? 3s 2d? 3s 1d? 3s ½d? Since there's no "exact" equivalent for 5d, 4d, 3d, 2d, 1d, ½d I think that's the reason why some store owners raised their prices
Comment from : Antonio E Aquino

Old money was 12 pence in a shilling - 20 shillings in a pound - 240 pence in a pound New money was just 100 new pence to a pound
Comment from : John King

1:42 "No sentimental feelings about LSD?" brbr"If I had 6 fingers on each hand it would be a different story Unfortunately I have 9 and they are all different colours"
Comment from : Jogzy G

The beginning of the end
Comment from : Qui073

I was too young to understand, never mind remember Eight months old and in the pram at that time So I never had to deal with the old currency!
Comment from : Angela Cooper

There wasn't any chaos as we'd already had three years handling the 5p, 10p and 50p coins which were the direct equivilent of the 1/-, 2/- and 10/- coins/note It was only the coppers that took a bit of getting used to
Comment from : Stephen Matura

I remember buying 1penny bangers to terrorise the village My mother used to collect silver threeppenny bits in a large jar
Comment from : LUDO

Damn, Britain looked dreary af
Comment from : Callie Masters

"If I had had six fingers on each hand, it'd be a different story" This is the smartest comment
Comment from : Jebediah Kerman

Sounds a bit like the millennium bug Everyone feared it but it just happened
Comment from : Ann Oldham

enjoy the video , as was at school , amazing prices at time, when look today prices
Comment from : Michael Collett

Seems that switching from that retardedness that’s imperial and Fahrenheit shouldn’t be that difficult either If decimal coins works
Comment from : Swatdennis

God sake now it's like £3 - £5 now for train journeys thanks to inflation when it used to be worth pence but i guess cos Wages adjust with Inflation really we're paying more or less the same, the value is subjective when it comes to inflation I can see how it seems cheaper and nice though looking that cheap lol
Comment from : FlyingMonkies325

cucumbers costed 10p in 1971 and oranges were 4p
Comment from : IsaacDies

50 years ago today
Comment from : PopeLando

All I can say is be thankful the USA had a decimal currency from the beginning or theyd still be refusing to decimalize and calling anyone who wanted to do so an un American commie
Comment from : P77777777

We had plenty of colourful slang terms for the old £sd coins Copper, Tanner, Bob, Florin, Half a Dollar, Dollar, Sprarzy, Kick, to name but some In the nearly 50 years since we have had decimal coins though, no real common slang terms have come about for them The only one I can remember catching on a little was "tiddler" for the now discontinued half new pence coin
Comment from : Trevor Dance

The biggest RIP OFF of the millenium
Comment from : 1justpara

The Pound did not capitulate, it just went decimal and much easier to inter-exchange with other currencies
Comment from : David Cummings

Get ready for the Euro
Comment from : bmwnasher

For me (being a ten year old kid at the time) the change over was a breeze! The only thing was the price of bus fares, comics and sweets were never the lower decimal equivalent as stated on the conversion table The bastards rounded up every time😡
Comment from : Robert Horwat

Looks like Clapham junction fare on the board at 041 in video 2019 fare is 680p
Comment from : Malcolm

It's Y2 71 :)
Comment from : Chris Chapman

Imagine trying to do this todayit take yearsgina miller constantly taking the decimal people to court hahahahaha
Comment from : james goodwin

When I was a kid, money went up in twelves and twenties, and EVERYBODY could count moneybrNow, money goes up in tens and hundreds, and everybody needs a calculator
Comment from : bingola45

Britain should have gone to the decimal system either in 1700 or 1800, not February 15, 1971 😒😒😒😒😒 💷💷💷💷💷
Comment from : Dario Witer

The 70s caught up quickly, 70s perm and leather jacket with flares The dude joking about 6 fingers was laughing the acronym also being for acid And who the fuck would pay £1050 or 10 guineas for that hideous hotpants suspenders thing (Very Leo Sayer)
Comment from : Moneytane1976

Seriously people can be stubborn
Comment from : Chris Chapman

Presumably the man at 1:27 who thought it was going to take "years" to get used to decimal currency managed to do so, eventually
Comment from : hebneh