Decimal Coin - 50 Pence Piece (1969)

Decimal Coin - 50 pence piece. Royal Mint. Tower Hill, London. SV Tray of new decimal coinage - the 50 pence. (Blanks ready for stampeding). CU The blanks. GV Men working machines in Mint stamping the new coins. CU Blanks going to machine. Pan down to tray showing new coins coming out. CU New coins dropping into tray. SCU Lord Fisk, Chairman of Decimal Currency Board, and Mr. James, Master of the Mint. CU Machinery working. SV Man watching new coins passing along moving belt. CU Two of the new 50p. pieces, showing head of Elizabeth one side and Britannia the other. SV Man wheeling trolley with bags of the new coins. CU Bags of new coins. On top a label, ’50 Pence - £250’. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes