Editing Decimalisation (section)

==== Australia and New Zealand ====
[[File:ABC Decimal Currency.ogv|thumb|right|1964 [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] report describing the design of the soon to be introduced Australian decimal coins]]
[[Australia]] decimalised on 14 February 1966, with the [[Australian dollar]]s replacing the [[Australian pound]]. A television campaign containing a memorable [[jingle]], sung to the tune of "[[Click Go the Shears]]", was used to help the public to understand the changes.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZVEEs-RJpw|title = Australian Dollar Bill Currency Decimal Jingle from 1965|website = [[YouTube]]}}</ref> [[New Zealand]] decimalised on 10 July 1967, with the [[New Zealand dollar]]s replacing the [[New Zealand pound]].

In both countries, the conversion rate was one pound to two dollars and 10 shillings to one dollar.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Conversion between £sd and $c, Australia and New Zealand
!£sd
!$c
|-
|£50
|$100
|-
|£10
|$20
|-
|£5
|$10
|-
|£1
|$2
|-
|10/–
|$1
|-
|5/–
|50c
|-
|2/–
|20c
|-
|1/–
|10c
|-
|6d
|5c
|-
|3d
|2.5c
|-
|1.2d
|1c
|-
|1d
|{{Frac|5|6}}c
|}
To ease the transition, the new 5-cent, 10-cent and 20-cents coins were the same size and weight, and the new $1, $2, $10 and $20 banknotes (and the new $100 banknote in New Zealand) were the same colour, as their pre-decimal equivalents. Because of the inexact conversion between cents and pence, people were advised to tender halfpenny, penny and threepence coins in multiples of sixpence (the [[Least common multiple|lowest common multiple]] of both systems) during the transition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://museum.rba.gov.au/displays/rba-currency-reform/|title=The Reserve Bank and Reform of the Currency: 1960–1988|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315121444/https://museum.rba.gov.au/displays/rba-currency-reform/|archive-date=2019-03-15}}</ref>