Statements (24)
Predicate | Object |
---|---|
gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_event
|
gptkbp:cause |
to simplify currency calculations
|
gptkbp:commemorates |
Decimal Day 50p coin (2021)
|
gptkbp:country |
gptkb:Ireland
gptkb:United_Kingdom |
gptkbp:currency_changed |
gptkb:Irish_pound
pound sterling |
gptkbp:date |
15 February 1971
|
gptkbp:describes |
The day when the United Kingdom and Ireland decimalised their currencies
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Decimal Day
|
gptkbp:impact |
introduction of new coins
public education campaign withdrawal of old coins |
gptkbp:media_campaign |
Decimal Five (BBC TV series)
|
gptkbp:new_system |
pounds and new pence
|
gptkbp:notableFigure |
Lord Fiske
|
gptkbp:old_system |
pounds, shillings, and pence
|
gptkbp:organizedBy |
gptkb:Decimal_Currency_Board
|
gptkbp:predecessor |
pre-decimal currency system
|
gptkbp:relatedEvent |
Decimalisation in Australia
Decimalisation in New Zealand |
gptkbp:successor |
decimal currency system
|
gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:decimalisation_(1971)
|
gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
|