From the year in which Cardiff City FC became the first and, to this day, only team outside of England to win the FA Cup, and the British Broadcasting Company (as the BBC was originally known) was founded as a public service broadcaster.

The two-shilling coin, also known as a ‘florin’, was issued from 1849 until 1967. With a value equal to one-tenth of a pound, it was introduced as the first attempt at bringing decimalisation to the British currency. However, the coin was removed from circulation following the official change to decimalisation.