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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1532883, member: 39&quot;]And that sure makes sense, as in pre-decimal times a crown was five shillings. The decimalization turned 1 shilling into 5 (new) pence, thus 1 crown was 25 (new) pence, even though the pre-decimal crowns did not circulate any longer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Things got trickier later, when the denomination of those large pieces was changed from 25 pence to 5 pounds. As the size and weight were not modified (and the pieces hardly ever occur in circulation anyway <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ), quite a few people call those new pieces &quot;crowns&quot; too even though something like &quot;crown sized commems&quot; would be more precise. But for the older ones, with a value of 25 (new) pence, the term &quot;crown&quot; is perfectly legitimate methinks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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