Decimal Coinage
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- Colour Pictorial
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- Summary
- Pathe synopsis: Will Britain adopt the decimal system? It’s a question that looks like being answered in the near future. To illustrate how the system could affect our economy, we went to the golden city of Johannesburg, where decimal coinage is now firmly established. Here, the equivalent of ten pennies makes up a shilling and, although a little bemused at first, shoppers have soon learned to use the new money. To help them, an extensive publicity campaign was organised and a jingle composed explaining the change-over. With the initial problems solved in South Africa, it seems feasible that we in this country could follow suit without too much difficulty.
- Keywords
- Economics
- Locations
- Johannesburg; South Africa
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- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Gordon Davies
- Length of story (in feet)
- 401
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How to cite this record
'Decimal Coinage', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 393, 9 Jul 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/121241 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)