Just for fun Quiz British
Predecimal Coins
How much can you remember? (No Cheating)
1
What year did Britain go decimal?
2
What was the name of a two shilling
piece?
3
How many pennies were there in a
pound?
4
How many shillings were there in a
guinea?
5
What was the nickname of the sixpenny
piece?
6
How much was a halfcrown added to
4 shillings and 2 threepenny bits
and four pennies and how was it
written?
7
What bird was on the back of the later
farthings?
8
How much was the face value of a
sovereign?
9
What three letters stood for Pounds,
Shillings and Pence?
10
The farthing ceased to be legal tender
in 1960. It was used during the reign of
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