What happened to all the old British money? I mean, all the old coins yall used to have, shillings,

[raccoon]

six-penny, half-penny, half-a-crown, whatever else you had. The Brits changed from that old money
system to the decimal system in the 1970's, I think it was.

But what happened to all those old coins?

[jakeXT]

1. Two shillings was used into the nineties

The Florin was worth 24 pre-decimal pence or two shillings. It was introduced by the Victorians in a step towards decimalisation, because it was worth one tenth of a pre-decimal pound (£). The last florin for circulation was dated 1967 although they were used as Ten new pence (10p) until the ten pence coin was made smaller in 1992.

http://predecimal.com/predecimaldenominations.htm

The British two shilling coin, also known as the florin or "two bob bit", was issued from 1849 until 1967. It was worth one tenth of a pound, or twenty-four old pence. It should not be confused with the medieval gold florin, which was nominally worth six shillings.

In 1968, in the run-up to decimalization, the two shilling coin was superseded by the decimal ten pence coin, which had the same value and initially the same size and weight. It continued in circulation, alongside the ten pence, until 1993, when the 10p was reduced in size.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_shilling_coin

[TeamPooka]

2. They are in collections and collectible coin chops.

[LeftinOH]

3. They are available in lots of souvenir shops (in the UK). n/t

[Glorfindel]

4. I buy a sixpence for my nieces and cousins when they get married

so the bride can have "a lucky sixpence in her shoe." I think it's a nice old tradition.

[malthaussen]

5. When I was in the UK (1990), they were still in circulation.

I think a shilling went for 10p or something like that.

-- Mal

[Aristus]

6. The old-style currency was head-scratchingly complex.

And amusing...

3 tibbings to the squinchley. 5 1/2 squinchleys to the rotpot. 4 rotpots to the flippengammer.

Thank God for decimalization...

[jakeXT]

11. You don't like the imperial system ?

[trof]

7. Jewelry.

[Art_from_Ark]

8. They've all been demonetized

They're not worth a tinker's cuss as money anymore, although some may have marginal collector value.

And even the early versions of some New Pence coins (5p, 10p, 50p) which came out in the late '60s and were larger than the current coins, have also been demonetized. The early 5 new pence coin was the same size as the shilling it replaced, and the early 10 new pence coin was the same size as the florin it replaced.

[OriginalGeek]

9. On a side note, who the hell is Bob?

and how does he magically become my uncle simply because I have successfully completed some task?

[bluesbassman]

10. Only if you're quick. If not then it's Bartholomew.

He's pretty slow.