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  1. The penny (1d) ( Irish: ) coin was the third-smallest denomination of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth of a pound or of a shilling. To express an amount, penny was abbreviated to "d", e.g. 1d, from the Roman denarius. It was introduced in 1928 to replace its British counterpart, used when all of Ireland was a constituent country of the United ...

  2. British Coins price guide and values. Since decimalisation, on 15 February 1971, the pound has been divided into 100 (new) pence. The value of the pound itself was unchanged by decimalisation. The new coins were initially marked with the words NEW PENNY or NEW PENCE. The word "new" was dropped in 1982. The first decimal coins were circulated in ...

  3. Penny (British decimal coin) - Wikipedia MaxConfusion 12:30, 23 January 2023 (UTC) Reply . Its decimal equivalent was the half-penny (+ 1 ⁄ 2 p), which is mentioned and linked in last sentence of the lead. I will add a note to the top of the page for readers who pick the wrong penny. Bazza 12:44, 23 January 2023 (UTC) Reply Perfect.

  4. The British farthing (from Old English fēorðing, from fēorða, a fourth) abbreviated qua. (L. quadrans ), [1] was a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1 960 of one pound, 1 48 of one shilling, or 1 4 of one penny; initially minted in copper and then in bronze, which replaced the earlier English farthings. Before Decimal Day in 1971 ...

  5. A list of coins of the Penny (Pre-decimal) type - with descriptions and detailed information about each. The British pre-decimal penny coin, abbreviated as 1d (from "denarius" - the Roman coin from which the penny is directly descended), was a unit of currency that equalled one two-hundred-and-fortieth of a pound sterling (there were 20 shillings to a pound, and 12 pence to a shilling so one ...

  6. The penny of Great Britain and the United Kingdom from 1714 to 1901, the period in which the House of Hanover reigned, saw the transformation of the penny from a little-used small silver coin to the bronze piece recognisable to modern-day Britons. All bear the portrait of the monarch on the obverse; copper and bronze pennies have a depiction of ...