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How many GBP in a Halfcrown?

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The Halfcrown was equal to Two Shillings and Sixpence or Thirty Pence in the old currency. A Halfcrown was one-eighth of an old pre-decimal Pound.

At the conversion to decimal currency, the Halfcrown became the equivalent of 12.5 New Pence or one-eighth of a "decimal" Pound.

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