On Jun 25, 10:54 pm, Peter Beale  wrote:
> hounsl...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>
> > A Manx 50p note, you said? They had subunit banknotes? Interesting, indeed.
> > The only other nation that I know of with subunits in bankotes was the
> > 50-cent note in the Bahamas. I don't doubt, however, that there are other
> > places in the world with similar notes.
>
> We had a ten-shilling note (half of one pound sterling) almost up to
> decimalization in 1971 - I think it was withdrawn in favour of the 50p
> coin in 1970.

That's three people mentioning 1970, but surely the 50p came in in
1969?  That's certainly when the bulk of the original ones were dated.

In article ,
MIG   wrote:
>On Jun 25, 10:54 pm, Peter Beale  wrote:
>
>> We had a ten-shilling note (half of one pound sterling) almost up to
>> decimalization in 1971 - I think it was withdrawn in favour of the 50p
>> coin in 1970.
>
>That's three people mentioning 1970, but surely the 50p came in in
>1969?  That's certainly when the bulk of the original ones were dated.

The ten shilling note and the 50p piece co-existed for a little while.
I remember at a primary school fete paying for an item with a 10/- note,
and getting a 50p (plus some pence) in change.  To this day I don't know
whether the stallholder mistook the ten bob note for a pound or whether
they assumed the then-new 50p was worth less than it was !  It must have
been in late 1969 or early 1970 because I changed to secondary school
in September of the latter year.

Nick
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"Nick Leverton"  wrote in message 
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> In article 
> ,
> MIG   wrote:
>>On Jun 25, 10:54 pm, Peter Beale  wrote:
>>
>>> We had a ten-shilling note (half of one pound sterling) almost up to
>>> decimalization in 1971 - I think it was withdrawn in favour of the 50p
>>> coin in 1970.
>>
>>That's three people mentioning 1970, but surely the 50p came in in
>>1969?  That's certainly when the bulk of the original ones were dated.
>
> The ten shilling note and the 50p piece co-existed for a little while.
> I remember at a primary school fete paying for an item with a 10/- note,
> and getting a 50p (plus some pence) in change.  To this day I don't know
> whether the stallholder mistook the ten bob note for a pound or whether
> they assumed the then-new 50p was worth less than it was !  It must have
> been in late 1969 or early 1970 because I changed to secondary school
> in September of the latter year.
>
> Nick
> -- 

AFAIK, the 10-shilling note ceased to be legal tender in December 1971.

"Steve Fitzgerald"  wrote in message 
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> In message <g46jmb$1t7$1@leverton.org>, Nick Leverton  
> writes
>
>>>That's three people mentioning 1970, but surely the 50p came in in
>>>1969?  That's certainly when the bulk of the original ones were dated.
>>
>>The ten shilling note and the 50p piece co-existed for a little while.
>>I remember at a primary school fete paying for an item with a 10/- note,
>>and getting a 50p (plus some pence) in change.  To this day I don't know
>>whether the stallholder mistook the ten bob note for a pound or whether
>>they assumed the then-new 50p was worth less than it was !  It must have
>>been in late 1969 or early 1970 because I changed to secondary school
>>in September of the latter year.
>
> At the time, I remember a lot of complaints that the new 50p and 2s/10p 
> were too similar and could be confused, especially by older people.  I 
> think originally the only difference was that the 50p was very slightly 
> larger and had the pointy sides whereas the 2s/10p was round.
> -- 
As far as the 2s and 10p coins were concerned, would it have really been an 
issue? I mean, the 10p coin was the same size as the 2s coin and had the 
same value for about 10 years, if memory serves.

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:38:16 +0100, Roland Perry 
wrote:

>In message , at 14:13:18 on Sun, 29 
>Jun 2008, Steve Fitzgerald  remarked:
>>At the time, I remember a lot of complaints that the new 50p and 2s/10p 
>>were too similar and could be confused, especially by older people.  I 
>>think originally the only difference was
>
>They had different writing on them too :)
>
>>that the 50p was very slightly larger and had the pointy sides whereas 
>>the 2s/10p was round.
>
>And an unmilled vs milled edge, iirc.
>
And a 50p is not round.

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:32:14 +0100, Charles Ellson
 wrote:

>On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:38:16 +0100, Roland Perry 
>wrote:
>
>>In message , at 14:13:18 on Sun, 29 
>>Jun 2008, Steve Fitzgerald  remarked:
>>>At the time, I remember a lot of complaints that the new 50p and 2s/10p 
>>>were too similar and could be confused, especially by older people.  I 
>>>think originally the only difference was
>>
>>They had different writing on them too :)
>>
>>>that the 50p was very slightly larger and had the pointy sides whereas 
>>>the 2s/10p was round.
>>
>>And an unmilled vs milled edge, iirc.
>>
>And a 50p is not round.
>
Ah, you seem to have said that already but without using the phrase
"equilateral curve heptagon". ;-)