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The British decimal one penny ( 1p) coin is a unit of currency and denomination of sterling coinage worth of one pound. Its obverse featured the profile of Queen Elizabeth II since the coin's introduction on 15 February 1971, the day British currency was decimalised until her death on 8 September 2022. A new portrait featuring King Charles III ...
- List of British banknotes and coins
25p. A commemorative coin issued between 1972 and 1981 as a...
- Penny (British pre-decimal coin)
The British pre-decimal penny was a denomination of sterling...
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The standard circulating coinage of the United Kingdom,...
- List of British banknotes and coins
Silver 'reform' penny of Edgar I of England, Lewes mint, c. 973 –975. The English penny (plural "pence"), originally a coin of 1.3 to 1.5 grams (0.042 to 0.048 troy ounces; 0.046 to 0.053 ounces) pure silver, was introduced c. 785 by King Offa of Mercia. These coins were similar in size and weight to the continental deniers of the period and ...
The British decimal one penny (1p) coin is a unit of currency and denomination of sterling coinage worth 1⁄100 of one pound. Its obverse featured the profile of Queen Elizabeth II since the coin's introduction on 15 February 1971, the day British currency was decimalised until her death on 8 September 2022. A new portrait featuring King Charles III was introduced on 30 September 2022 ...
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A penny is a coin ( pl.: pennies) or a unit of currency ( pl.: pence) in various countries. Borrowed from the Carolingian denarius (hence its former abbreviation d. ), it is usually the smallest denomination within a currency system. Presently, it is the formal name of the British penny ( abbr. p) and the de facto name of the American one-cent ...
