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No we didn't, right up to 1971 The UK used pounds, shillings and pence.

There were 12 pennies to the pound and 20 shillings to the pound.

Decimalisation in 1971 changed that to pounds and pence, 100 pence to a pound.

This made working out if your change was right in a shop a lot easier.

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