Dollar Bill and Australians Keep The Wheels Of Industry Turning

Made in 1965 for the Decimal Currency Board in preparation for the changeover to decimal currency on February 14 1966. Dollar Bill and company parade to the repeated strains of the Decimal Currency song, and an exercise in simple addition in pounds, shillings and pence is included to show the virtues of the new system.

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[Dredger1401]

1 person still can't understand decimal currency.

[fanofsongs]

A round 50c? I didn't know that..cool

[neiferlander]

@Rx224 Yeah well that fuckhead who only a few hundred thousand people remember even existed, lost that battle to call it the 'royal' didn't he?

I say FUCK Bob Menzies. He was a CUNT. I don't now jack shit about his Prime Ministership, but that proves my point. Some old cunt who loved the Queen. Fuck him.

[DropPodFullOfPonies]

0:47 - Am I hearing "ha'pennies" as "hake-knees"?

I am so glad I have never had to deal with a non-decimal currency. My head would explode mentally juggling base-10, -12, and -20.

[DropPodFullOfPonies]

2:13 - Patrick Stewart approves of decimalization!

[averyhse]

@KaleunMaender77 I disagreed with you. US decimalized their dollar. Formerly, they use Spanish dollar, which divided into 8 bits.

[averyhse]

"£1=$2" It's their policy of Australian decimalisation. UK and Ireland (now use the euro since 2002) keep their pound, while they redivided the pound into 100 pence instead of 20 shillings and then subdivided into 12 pence.

[0m4lley]

Forty six years of decimal currency! Yeah!! Happy 14th of February (again)

[kmfw72]

@Doryphoroi If you think that's catchy, listen to the one that South Africa used in 1961- 'Decimal Dan, the Rand- Cent Man, gives you cents for pennies whenever he can...' - it's on the British Pathé site.

[Rx224]

@woohooboy Bob Menzies wanted to call it "The Royal" instead of the Dollar.

[woohooboy]

@Rx224 - Perhaps, but for those that didn't grew up with this currency it just seemed more complicated that the current system we have now. Long story short, the change was needed.....

[Rx224]

@woohooboy It wasn't all that complicated if you grew up with it.