End date for the pre-decimal Pound Sterling - 1971, not 1970. [resuelto]

The end date for the pre-decimal Pound Sterling needs to be changed - to 1971, not 1970.

Aidan.

 Agreed. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_Day 

 Quote: Decimal Day (Irish: Lá Deachúil) in the United Kingdom and Ireland was 

Monday 15 February 1971, the day on which each country decimalised its 

respective £sd currency of pounds, shillings, and pence. 

The last sterling coins were dated 1970.

radrick007

The last sterling coins were dated 1970.

Those were in Proof  sets only.

The 5 & 10 New Pence were first struck in 1968 - & was worth 1/- & 2/- until Decimal Day.

The 50 New Pence was first struck in 1969 - & was worth 10/-.

The Pound Sterling itself was worth the same - only what made up 1 Pound Sterling was what changed.

Even today, the Pound Sterling is still called that.

Aidan.

Are they not the same currency but with a new system?

KennyG

Are they not the same currency but with a new system?

Like the Irish Pound, it is what it was subdivided into that changed - which is why there is separate descriptions for the Pound Sterling.

There is 3 separate descriptions for the Cypriot Pound - based on what it was subdivided into.

Aidan.

Fixed.