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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sylvester, post: 34519, member: 708&quot;]The five pence was shrunk in 1990 and the old ones demonetised in the same year, along with any remaining one shilling pieces that were still in the circuit.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ten pence was shrunk in 1992 and the old large ones were demonetised 30/06/93 and so were the few million two shilling pieces still doing the rounds.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fifty pence went the same way in 1997.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I really don&#039;t like the small 5p&#039;s, i&#039;ve been complaining about them for the past 15 years, they&#039;re far too small to be of any use and you can&#039;t stack them, they&#039;re annoying to count; far too fiddly, and no one wants them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of these get thrown in money jars and taken to the bank, they are regular as clockwork in circulation, but we never like more than four at any one time, more than that and people complain.</p><p><br /></p><p>I prefer two 2p pieces and a penny.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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