What was the first british decimal coin?

Question: What was the first british decimal coin!?
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The first 'decimal' coins were the 5p and the 10p which replaced the 1 shilling and two shilling coins in the late 1960s, but 'full' decimalisation actually came into being in 1971!. Despite the 'thumbs down' on the majority of the answers you've already received confirming this, I can assure you it IS true - I should know, I lived through it and it was a nightmare to get to grips with it!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

1849 The issue of the first British
coin, a two-shilling piece which bore the words 'one tenth of a pound'!.
1968 Prior to decimalisation, 5p and 10p coins were issued to circulate alongside the shilling and two-shilling pieces
1969 Issue of 50p coin, the world's first coin to be struck in the shape of an equilateral curve heptagon!.decimal'

1971 Decimal coinage became the official currency of the United Kingdom on 15 February with the issue of the 1/2p, 1p and 2p pieces!.

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The 5p and 10p coins were introduced in April 1968 - they were the same size and value as the shilling and two shilling coins!.
The first totally new decimal coin was the 50p, introduced in October 1969 to replace the 10 shilling note!.
The rest of the decimal coins were introduced on 15th February 1971, when the country changed to decimal currency!.

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The first decimal coin was the 50 pence piece, which replaced the Ten Shilling Note, they were referred to as Harold's, after Harold Wilson the Prime Minister, as they were seven sided and two faced like him, this was in 1968, the prat also immortalised the phrase "devaluation does not mean that the pound in your pocket will be worth less"Www@QuestionHome@Com

That depends what you mean by the question!.

The first coins based on 100p to the pound were the 5p (shilling) and 10p (two shillings) issued about 2 years before decimalisation!.

However, some 40 years earlier the florin (two shillings - one tenth of a pound) was introduced as the first stage in decimalisation!. It was intended to replace the half crown (two shillings and sixpence - one eighth of a pound)!. But the half crown was so popular it continued to be issued and remained in circulation until well after decimalisation (as twelve and a half pence)Www@QuestionHome@Com

It would have been a set of half penny, 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, and 50p, to the best of my knowledge!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

There was not just one decimal coin issued, there were actually 2 and these were issued in 1968!. They were the one shilling piece (5p) and the two shilling piece (10p)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

As far as I remember it was the 10p/2shilling piece!. The next was the 50p!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

50 p coin!.Www@QuestionHome@Com