the silver threepenny piece went out of circulation in 1970.
the silver threepenny piece went out of circulation in 1970.
when did the silver threepenny piece go out of circulation?
1970
a three pence coin was also used in the pre-decimalisation currencies of commonwealth of nations countries such as fiji, australia, and new zealand. it was called a tickey in south africa and southern rhodesia.









































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no. 1 croydon was known for many years as the "threepenny bit building" for its resemblance to a stack of threepenny coins. after the coins were phased out (beginning in 1970) the building eventually gained a new nickname: the "50p building”.









































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the silver threepenny bit was known as a 'joey'.









































section::::the 12-sided coin reprised.
threepence (british coin)
he learned to ring bells the year he left school, probably from his father, who was a member of the bell-ringing band at st catharine's church, baglan. only eleven years later, in 1910, he rang and conducted his own peal, of 5040 grandsire triples at st mary’s church, aberavon, 'a highly unusual step for a ‘first-timer.’









































later, his daughter dolly, who, with her siblings, inherited his mathematical genius, was paid a silver threepenny piece to check his compositions for ‘falseness' none was found to be so then, nor since.
albert j. pitman