Men were given 45 shillings ( decimalised as ?.25 ) in lieu of the cloth, an amount increased in 1973 to ? for both men and women.
22.
Fiske was charged with arranging the changeover from a Pound consisting of 20 shillings, with each shilling containing 12 pence, to a decimalised Pound of 100 new pence.
23.
It is alleged that the unit is a result of the sexagesimal system being decimalised, perhaps under the influence of Egypt or Assyria, which both had decimal systems.
24.
Sri Lanka decimalised its rupee in 1869 . The " Indian Coinage Act " was amended in September 1955 for the adoption of a decimal system for coinage.
25.
As a result of this, on 15 February 1971, the UK decimalised the pound sterling, replacing the shilling and penny with a single subdivision, the new penny.
26.
The currency was decimalised on 1 January 1961, with the rupee subdivided into 100 pice, renamed ( in English ) paise ( singular paisa ) later the same year.
27.
Coinage was finally fully decimalised in 1854, with copper, 1 and 2 cents and silver, and ?gulden ( although the 1821 1840 coinage continued to circulate ).
28.
Bermuda decimalised in 1970, by introducing the Bermudian dollar equal to 8 shillings 4 pence ( 100 pence, effectively equal to the US dollar under the Bretton Woods system ).
29.
Similarly, in the UK, the prices of government securities continued to be quoted in multiples of of a pound ( d or p ) long after the currency was decimalised.
30.
Even after the coin ceased to circulate, the name " guinea " was long used to indicate the amount of 21 shillings ( ?.05 in decimalised currency ).
