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Encyclopedia > British coin Half Penny
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Half new penny, 1982

The British decimal Half Penny (1/2p) or Ha'penny (pronounced HAY-p'nee) coin was issued on 15 February 1971, the day the British currency was decimalised. In practice it had been available from banks in bags for some weeks previously. British 1/2 new penny Copied from http://worldcoingallery. ... British 1/2 new penny Copied from http://worldcoingallery. ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...


The main idea behind the coin's creation was to enable certain pre-decimal coins - most notably the sixpence - to remain in circulation during the transition to decimal coinage; in the same vein a decimal quarter-penny coin (to be struck in aluminium) was also proposed (which would have allowed the pre-decimal threepence to continue to circulate at a value of 1¼ new pence), but ended up never being produced. The scilling or scylling (which possibly comes from the Teutonic root skil meaning to divide) was used in Anglo-Saxon times as money of account, even though no coins of that denomination existed. ... The threepence or thruppence, was a denomination of currency, used by various jurisdictions in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, until decimalisation of the pound sterling and Irish pound. ...


The coin was minted in bronze. The coin weighed 1.78 grams and had a diameter of 17.14 millimetres. It was the smallest coin used in the decimal currency coinage by both size and value, and was nicknamed the "tiddler" on account of its size. By the early 1980s its value was minimal and its main utility was as a useful driver of small screws. The 1984 half penny was only issued in mint and proof sets by the Royal Mint, and the coin was demonetised and withdrawn from circulation in December 1984. The Royal Mint is the name of the body permitted to make (mint) coins in the United Kingdom. ...


The reverse of the coin, designed by Christopher Ironside, was simply a crown, with the fraction "1/2" below the crown, and either NEW PENNY (1971–1981) or HALF PENNY (1982–1984) above the crown.


During the existence of the coin, only one obverse was used — the head of Queen Elizabeth II by Arnold Machin, with the inscription ELIZABETH II D.G.REG.F.D. date. Elizabeth II in an official portrait as Queen of Canada (on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The... Arnold Machin (30 September 1911 _ 9 March 1999) was a British artist, sculptor, coin and stamp designer. ... This article concerns British coinage, the coinage of the United Kingdom. ...



British coinage
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Twenty-Five Pence | Fifty Pence | One Pound | Two Pounds | Five Pounds

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British half penny coin - Suprari (beta) (328 words)
The British decimal half penny (½p) - (pronounced as HAYP-nee, IPA: Interwiki: IPA » ˈheɪpni or ˈheɪpəni) and also written halfpenny or 'hapenny''' - was first issued on 15 February 1971, the day the British currency was decimalised.
In the same vein, a decimal quarter-penny coin (to be struck in aluminium) was also proposed (which would have allowed the pre-decimal threepence to continue to circulate with a value of 1.25 new pence), but ended up never being produced.
The 1984 half penny was issued only in mint and proof sets by the Royal Mint, and the coin was demonetised and withdrawn from circulation in December 1984.
British Coins before the Florin, Compared to French Coins of the Ancient Regime (7188 words)
The table at right shows the British coins in common use until the introduction of the two shilling Florin in 1849.
Half and even quarter farthing coins were minted for use in Celyon (with the halves made current in Britain itself in 1842), and third farthings were minted for many years for use in Malta.
The modern British 5p coin, which is the decimal descendant of the shilling, thus may be said to be the last link to Roman coinage, although, as the solidus, it only existed on paper for the many centuries of the silver penny.
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