{"id":3116,"date":"2020-10-10T03:01:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T03:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvercoppercoins.com\/shop\/product\/lot-26-new-pence-coins-great-britain-1-2-1-2-5-10-1968-1981\/"},"modified":"2020-10-10T03:01:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T03:01:44","slug":"lot-26-new-pence-coins-great-britain-1-2-1-2-5-10-1968-1981","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/silvercoppercoins.com\/shop\/product\/lot-26-new-pence-coins-great-britain-1-2-1-2-5-10-1968-1981\/","title":{"rendered":"Lot: 26 \u201cNew Pence\u201d coins \u2013 Great Britain \u2013 1\/2, 1, 2, 5 &#038; 10 1968-1981"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font rwr=\"1\" size=\"4\" style=\"font-family:Arial\">Offering an assortment of British coins minted during the decimalization years. When they switched from farthings (1\/4 of a penny), pennies (12 to a shilling), shillings (20 to a pound), etc, to a decimal currency where 100 new pence equaled one pound, the government identified the new decimal coins as &#8216;New Pence&#8217; during transition years 1968 to 1981. I obtained most of these during my first visit to England in the early-70&#8217;s, then a smaller number later on. I was a bit confused between the old and new coins, and tended to offer larger bills so as not to show my ignorance. So&#8230;I returned home with a heavy load of lower denomination coins from the change they&#8217;d give me. After 40+ years, I&#8217;m disposing of things like these that have been in storage. That helps explain why the coins are in such good condition. They&#8217;re still in use but the &#8216;New Pence&#8217; versions, which ceased being minted in 1981, probably are encountered infrequently these days, and certainly not in this good condition. The lot consists of:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>10 New Pence &#8211; 1975, 1976 &#8211; copper-nickel KM#912<\/div>\n<div>5 New Pence &#8211; 1968 (2) &#8211; copper-nickel KM#911<\/div>\n<div>2 New Pence &#8211; 1971 (9), 1975 (2), 1980, 1981 &#8211; bronze KM#916<\/div>\n<div>1 New Penny &#8211; 1971 (2), 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980 &#8211; bronze KM#915<\/div>\n<div>1\/2 New Penny &#8211; 1971, 1973 &#8211; bronze KM#914<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thanks for looking. Shipping reflects anticipated postage due to hefty weight; no handling added.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Offering an assortment of British coins minted during the decimalization years. When they switched from farthings (1\/4 of a penny), pennies (12 to a shilling), shillings (20 to a pound), etc, to a decimal currency where 100 new pence equaled one pound, the government identified the new decimal coins as &#8216;New Pence&#8217; during transition years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3117,"template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[44],"product_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silvercoppercoins.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silvercoppercoins.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silvercoppercoins.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silvercoppercoins.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silvercoppercoins.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silvercoppercoins.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3116"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silvercoppercoins.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}