The British pre-decimal halfpenny (pronounced HAY-pən-ee), once abbreviated ob. (from the Latin 'obulus'), is a discontinued denomination of sterling coinage worth 1/480 of one pound, 1/24 of one shilling, or 1/2 of one penny. Originally the...
The British decimal halfpenny ( HAPE-nee) (1⁄2p) coin was a denomination of sterling coinage introduced in February 1971, at the time of decimalisation, and was worth 1⁄200 of one pound. It was ignored in banking transactions, which were carried out...
The halfpenny was first issued in New Zealand in 1940, seven years after the first introduction of a domestic pound coinage. The coin's issuing was scheduled to align with the centennial of the Treaty of Waitangi and the New Zealand centennial,...
The Australian pre-decimal halfpenny coin, commonly known as a ha’penny (pronounced ), was the smallest denomination of the Australian Pound in circulation. It was a unit of currency that equalled half of a penny, 1/24 of a shilling, or 1/480...
The farthing (derived from the Old English feorthing, a fourth part) was a British coin worth a quarter of an old penny (1⁄960 of a pound sterling). This is the equivalent of around 1⁄10 of a new penny. It ceased to be struck after 1956 and was...
The British halfpenny was worth 1/480th of a pound sterling. At first in its 700-year history it was made from silver, but as the value of silver increased the coin was made from base metals. It was finally abandoned in 1969 as part of the process...
The British decimal twenty pence piece (20p) is a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1⁄5 of a pound, or twenty pence. Like the 50p coin, it is an equilateral curve heptagon. Its obverse has featured the profile of the British monarch since the...
The British decimal fifty pence piece (50p) is a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1⁄2 of a pound, or fifty pence. Its obverse has featured the profile of the current British monarch since the coin's introduction in 1969. It was introduced as a...
The sovereign is a British sterling gold coin with a nominal value of one pound (£1), and contains 0.2354 troy ounces (113.0 gr; 7.32 g) of pure gold. Struck since 1817, it was originally a circulating coin that was accepted in Britain and elsewhere...
