Threepence (British coin)
The British threepence piece, usually simply known as a threepence, thruppence, or thruppenny bit, was a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1⁄80 of one pound or 1⁄4 of one shilling. It was used in the United Kingdom, and earlier in Great Britain and England. Similar denominations were later used throughout the British Empire and Commonwealth countries, notably in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
Threepence of James VI and I, minted in Ireland
Charles I threepence (Aberystwyth, 1638–42)
A 1943 brass threepenny bit
In 2019, the London Mint Office authorised and oversaw the sale of 120,000 silver threepence coins dated to King George V's reign; one threepence from the sale is included in this image alongside a gold half sovereign from 1911.
Decimal Day in the United Kingdom and in Ireland was Monday 15 February 1971, the day on which each country decimalised its respective £sd currency of pounds, shillings, and pence.
An introductory pack of the new currency.
British decimalisation training stamps in the same colours and values as the upcoming decimal stamps
A "Decimal Adder"
Cash register in Ireland; the keys have values in "new pence" above and pre-decimal equivalents below.
