Prior to decimalisation, the 10 shilling note was worth half of a pound and was written as ’10s’. The 10 shilling note was the smallest denomination of note ever used in the United Kingdom and was eventually replaced by the 50 pence coin.

Kate Sheppard appears on the New Zealand $10 note. The prominence given to her suggests New Zealanders’ pride in being the first country in the world to grant women the vote, in 1893.

50p
On 20th November 1970 the ten shilling – or ‘ten bob’ – note was officially withdrawn from circulation and replaced with the world’s first seven-sided coin, the 50p.

Ten shillings was a subdivision of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth 1⁄2 of an Irish pound, making this the highest value coin in the pre-decimal system.

1970
The ten-shilling note was the smallest denomination note ever issued by the Bank of England. The note was issued by the Bank of England for the first time in 1928 and continued to be printed until 1969. The note ceased to be legal tender in 1970 and was removed in favour of the fifty pence coin.

The old paper £10 notes that were withdrawn from circulation on 1 March 2018 are no longer accepted as legal tender. This means you cannot use them to buy any goods or services whatsoever. However, all is not lost, as you can exchange your old £10 notes for new ones.

The old £10 note went out of circulation officially at 11.59pm on March 1, 2018. However, old notes can still be exchanged at the Bank now that this point has passed. Although the new tenners came in last year until the deadline the paper money continued to be legal tender so could be spent freely.

New Zealand has two sets of banknotes in circulation – Series 6 and the new Series 7. Both series are legal tender. Both sets have five denominations: the $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 banknote.

Printing. New Zealand’s new Series 7 banknotes are printed by Canadian Bank Note Company in Ottawa, Canada. Series 6 polymer banknotes were produced by Note Print Australia Limited in Melbourne. Both sets of notes have been printed on the same polymer substrate.

The ten shilling (10s) (Irish: deich scilling) coin was a one-off commemorative coin issued in Ireland in 1966 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising. Ten shillings was a subdivision of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth 1⁄2 of an Irish pound, making this the highest value coin in the pre-decimal system.

1969
Released in 1969, the 50p was the world’s first seven-sided coin and replaced the 10-shilling note – amplifying the sense of change. With the new 50p, 10p and 5p in circulation that just left the three copper coins to come. They were introduced two years later in 1971, when the changeover to the new system went live.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand issued New Zealand Pound banknotes in 6 different denominations, including this 10 Shillings banknote New Zealand (James Cook). They are part of the New Zealand Pound banknotes series. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand started issuing these 0.5 New Zealand Pound banknotes in 1940.

There is a simple watermark, ‘Reserve Bank of New Zealand’. The first-series 10-shilling note is a dark orange-red. Its border comprises carvings of Māori figures on the sides and kōwhaiwhai patterns at the top and bottom. The carvings are based on a poupou (post) from an old pā in Maketū, Bay of Plenty.

The main elements of the obverse side of the 10-shilling note (as on the £1 and £5 notes) are a watermark panel, the coat of arms and Captain James Cook, based on an engraving by Nathaniel Dance. The border varies, but includes ‘The Reserve Bank of New Zealand’ along the top, and Māori carvings and other iconography on the sides and bottom.

The first series of banknotes issued by the Reserve Bank in 1934 built on the existing designs and motifs of the Bank of New Zealand’s notes. The notes were largely of the same design and size (178 by 98 millimetres) but differed in colour and in the borders, which featured Māori motifs.