The early introduction of three of the six new coins, together with an extensive publicity campaign, contributed greatly to the smoothness of Decimal Day when it finally came about in 1971.
The first traveller’s cheques, in the form of a ‘circular note’ issued by a bank, went on sale in London.
The first printed note to feature ‘In God We Trust’ was the updated one-dollar silver certificate that entered circulation on 1 October 1957.
On the 15th February 1971, the United Kingdom and Ireland abandoned their old currency of pounds, shillings and pence and introduced a decimalised system.
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