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From talking chickens to dancing Cossacks, feast on this...
Another campaign song
More currency change
Another animated commercial
Another campaign to promote change
More animation from Morrow Productions
A Compass episode on the currency changeover was banned
A pop hit from 1967
More animation with a message
Another major event from 1967
A discussion about advertising from the same era
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The Base 240 (Pounds, Shillings, Pence) originated with the Holy Roman Empire -- that as Ripley points out was neither Holy nor Roman nor an Empire.