Talk:British twenty pence coin

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Why a 20p and not 25p, since the previous Crown was equivalent to 25p in decimal currency? -- Nik42 06:16, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The decimal currency seems to be predicated on a 1-2-5 10-20-50 £1-£2 regular series of coins, £5-£10-£20-£50 notes, so logically a £5 coin will be next in common circulation. This seems to be the normal pattern in European currencies, the only exception I can think of was the old Dutch guilder which had 5-10-25cent, 1, 2.50 and 5 guilder coins, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, and 1000 guilder notes. The old Crown was never a common circulating coin, so I doubt it would have been taken into consideration. -- Arwel 15:42, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

25 subunits, while less common than 20, are certainly not that rare. It's used in, for example, the the Danish krone, the Maltese lira, the Ukrainian Hryvnia, and a few others. The former Spanish peseta had a 25-peseta coin.

Still, if the Crown was never very commonly circulated, then I suppose it would make sense that it wouldn't be considered in establishing a new coin -- Nik42 04:58, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The number 20 is better cause if you want to abolish your 5 you can easily, but if you have 25 (like in the US), you have to abolish it the same time you get rid of your 5 (which the US will need to dump in at most 10 years)The Right Honourable 07:52, 2 December 2006 (UTC)