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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 2799851, member: 39"]The pre-decimal penny (1d) was a bronze coin with a diameter of 31 mm. You would need 240 of those to have one pound (£1). The decimal two pence (2p) coin was also bronze first; in 1992 they changed the composition to copper plated steel. 50 of those make one pound. For some strange reason the size of the 2p coin was not changed while the 5p, 10p and 50p are smaller now than the first decimal ones ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 2799851, member: 39"]The pre-decimal penny (1d) was a bronze coin with a diameter of 31 mm. You would need 240 of those to have one pound (£1). The decimal two pence (2p) coin was also bronze first; in 1992 they changed the composition to copper plated steel. 50 of those make one pound. For some strange reason the size of the 2p coin was not changed while the 5p, 10p and 50p are smaller now than the first decimal ones ... Christian[/QUOTE]
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