It all makes me think a little more (and do more math in my head) when paying for our groceries or bus fare. Likewise, the two-pence coin (which is a bit larger than the quarter) seems a bit of an odd duck to my long-trained American brain.
Just do the math(s)Ĭounting out change is a bit different when you have 20-pence coins instead of our U.S. I finally started keeping my one-and two-pound coins in one pocket, and all of the smaller denomination coins in the other pocket. Especially since I’ve been trying to keep extra change on hand for paying bus fares as we travel around the country.
#Penc and pound full#
I must say, having so many different coin denominations has sometimes led me to have a very heavy pocket full of change. Some of the currently circulating one-pound coins are referred to as “old” pounds or “round” pounds, and they are slated to be retired later this fall (I’ll write more about that another time).Ĭurrency comes in 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100-pound notes (though we haven’t seen anything larger than a 20, even when withdrawing several hundred pounds from a cash machine). Newer one-pound coins have 12 sides and are bi-metallic, as are the two-pound coins. The 20- and 50-pence coins have seven rounded sides. (Ireland uses the Euro, but that is also metric).Ĭurrent coinage includes one- and two-pence coins, 5 pence, 10 pence, 20 and 50 pence, as well as one- and two-pound coins (see the photo above). In Britain (England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and the Hebrides), the money is denominated in Pounds Sterling (no, it isn’t made of silver anymore) and pence. Not that we haven’t had to make some small adjustments compared to our U.S. The farthing (worth ¼ penny) had been withdrawn in 1960.
Other pre-decimal coins included the crown (worth five shillings), half-crown, florin (worth two shillings), sixpence, threepence, halfpenny and farthing. The United Kingdom instituted decimalization in 1971, when the pound was made equivalent to 100 “new” pence.īefore that, the pound was divided into 20 shillings, each worth 12 pence. Luckily for us, we haven’t had to deal with guineas, crowns, shillings, farthings or any other extinct denominations of British money. UNITED KINGDOM – We’ve been traveling around the United Kingdom for just over two months now, and I have to say… Thank God for the metric system!Īnd thank God for decimal-denominated money. British coins from one pence to two pounds
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