Finance and Economy - Currency - Decimalisation - London 1971

A security guard stand sin the foreground as Operation check-point, the movement of cheques for pre-decimal clearance which started today (10/02/1971) when the banks closed, gets underway. In the background is (l-r) operation controller Mr Ian Donald, Lord Fiske (Chairman of the Decimal Currency Board) and Mr Bernard Sharp (r) Chairman of the Banks Decimalisation Committee.