Ahh the tale of the 1933 1d coins. Well known amongst us coin collectors but not among others. Good to see the story told so it may one day inspire someone to make something of it!,(reply>), @Wordzmyth it should be 1d as British coins before 1971 used pounds, shillings, and pence. During this time, the symbol for pence was ‘d’ which was derived from the Latin word ‘denarius’. After 1971 British coins were decimalised and the symbol for pence changed to ‘p’ for pence. As the coin was pre 1971, it should be ‘d’,(reply>), *1p