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# so a shilling is 5d (or pence as we metric folk like to call it)?
*Edit* so I see.

So why isn't it 11 pounds, 5 shillings and 3 pence?

*Edit edit* Oh, and were there still 100d to a pound (and therefore 20 shillings to a pound)?
(, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 21:11, archived)
# ya
es ist groß, über diesen Tag zu hören, den Sie einen Hund aufleckten
(, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 21:12, archived)
# indeed, or a bob if you'd rather
(, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 21:13, archived)
# bob a job week
#We don't do cellars#
(, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 21:14, archived)
# indeed
now to really confuse things i always like to mention the sixpence, half a shilling, or 2 1/2p in new money
(, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 21:17, archived)
# I know all about the ha'penny, don't you worry.
(, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 21:18, archived)
#
(, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 21:21, archived)
# that has been inserted into my knowledge bank
under "Thinks what others must know, and know it now"
(, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 21:19, archived)
# i always liked the old thre'pence coin, and of course the farthing.
i can still remember using old money for sweets
(, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 21:24, archived)
# Oh good gracious.
There was a 1/4 of a d coin too?
(, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 21:26, archived)
# lovely little coin with a wren on it.
(, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 21:28, archived)