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# No - we have a simpler system.
A mark is 13s 4d, which is (obviously) two-thirds of a pound. Half a crown is 2s 6d, but there is no crown coin. Simply remember that 100d is 8s 4d and there you are.
Naturally, s stands for shilling and d stands for pence ...

Why should we want to change that?
(, Sun 14 Sep 2003, 22:42, archived)