What happended in 1964?
Monarch is Queen Elizabeth II. Prime Minister is Alec Douglas-Home (Conservative) until 16th October, then Harold Wilson (Labour). US President is Lyndon B. Johnson. Average weekly wage is £16. Olympics in Tokyo, Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Sir Winston Churchill retires as an MP, aged 89. Death Penalty voted to be abolished. The Sun newspaper goes into circulation, replacing the Daily Herald. £10 banknotes are issued for the first time since the Second World War.
| Obv | Rev | Cat | Coin |
|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Sovereigns | 1964 Gold Sovereign |
 |  | Three Pence | 1964 Threepence - Elizabeth II |