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Originally Posted by A horse with no name
It is though interesting that the British did adopt the metric system but not in the use of their currency - Pounds, shillings and pence,
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Uuuh, do what now?
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On 15 February 1971, known as Decimal Day, the United Kingdom and Ireland decimalised their currencies.
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Date was set in 1966 - but it was first proposed in 1824 (according to WIkipedia) - after the French went to a decimal franc in 1795.
UK continued to use SAE and Imperial standards e..g measurements, gauge, threads - in engineering for somewhat longer than that.
But pretty much the only pre-decimalization measurement that remains now is the pint of beer/cider/milk. Sacrosanct. Oh, and troy ounces for precious metals.
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Originally Posted by A horse with no name
I was on a vacation in NZ in when they and AU were still using the Pound.
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NZ switched to the NZ dollar in 1967, Australia decimalized in 1966.