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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PaddyB, post: 2469556, member: 40017&quot;]Yes - you are right - the Five Pound coin is the same size and weight as the old Five shilling Crown. The later ones of those - from 1965 to 1981 - are also a difficult sell these days. Just too many of them around and not enough collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>The process of decimalisation was handled quite well I suppose. Of course the Florin was introduced by the Victorians as an early attempt at decimalisation. Prior to 1849 we had no 2 shilling coin. At present the banks are still taking the old size 5p, 10p and 50p coins provided you can bring them in GBP 5 bags at a time.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is an interesting philosophical debate as to whether the old system was actually more user friendly. At least then you could split a pound into 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 without breaking a penny. Now we can only do 2, 4 and 5. Not sure the computers could cope so well![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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