Pre-decimal

[poliphilo]

At the back of the Penguin Kipps there's a note explaining the pre-decimal British currency- sixpences, florins, guineas.  My first thought was, "surely everybody knows about that"- and then I did some calculations and realised you'd have to be pushing 50 to have ever worked with the old money. It's things like this that make me realise how venerable I am.

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[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

I am sure there is a Wikipedia site that covers tanners, thruppeny bits, ha'pennies, shillings, ten bob notes, fivers, groats, farthings, florins, bun pennies, crowns, half crowns, sovereigns, guineas, ponies, monkeys and all other official and unofficial names.

[oakmouse]

This site's awesome. My dad, who is a coin collector, spent days browsing it when he found it.