In 1841, the united Province of Canada's Governor General, Lord Sydenham, argued for establishment of a bank that would issue dollar currency (the Canadian dollar).
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Bermuda decimalised in 1970 by introducing the Bermudian dollar equal to 8 shillings 4 pence (100 pence, effectively equal to the U.S. dollar under the Bretton Woods system).
Switching to decimal currency had been proposed in New Zealand since the 1930s, although only in the 1950s did any plans come to fruition.
August - Sixpence withdrawn from general use in the UK marking the end of the decimalisation period.
The title refers to 12 Barah in Hindustani aanas (or annas), which was a unit of Indian currency before decimalisation.
Their cash registers were particularly popular around the time of decimalisation in Britain in early 1971, Henry having designed one of the few known models of cash register which could switch currencies from £sd to £p so that retailers could easily change from one to the other on or after Decimal Day.
In the United Kingdom, before decimalisation of the money system in 1971, the usual commemorative coin was a crown, or five shilling piece.
The common currency created in 1707 by Article 16 of the Articles of Union continued in use until decimalisation in 1971.
The United Kingdom released new coin designs in 2008 following the Royal Mint's biggest redesign of the national currency since decimalisation in 1971.