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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KLJ, post: 43386, member: 1910&quot;]By 1971, the other British Commonwealth countries that had used pounds, shillings, and pence had long before switched to decimalized (is that a word?) coins.&nbsp; As far as I know, none of those other countries ever used the &quot;new&quot; moniker.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some Imperial countries have used the decimal system from the first day they minted their own coins.&nbsp; Canada, for example.</p><p><br /></p><p>The United Kingdom is the ONLY country that doesn&#039;t put the national name on their coins or stamps.&nbsp; It&#039;s tradition.&nbsp; The stamps have always done that, dating all the way back to the &quot;Penny Black.&quot;&nbsp; For the coins, the innovation is rather more recent.&nbsp; On the coins featuring King George VI (father of the present Queen), he was identified as &quot;King of all the Britains.&quot;&nbsp; Presently, Elizabeth II is called simply &quot;Regina&quot; (Latin for Queen).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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