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Dec. 12, 1966 - Britain's Currency To Be The New Penny With 100 Pennies To The Pound. Photo shows Sir William Fiske (left), who was this afternoon appointed Chairman of the Decimal Currency Board, the body which will exercise the main executive and co-ordinating responsibilities for the changeover to decimal currency in February 1971 - seen at the Treasury this afternoon with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Gallaghan, discussing the Government White Paper giving details of the decimal currency, which was published today

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