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When starting to write a conversion code for pre-decimal British pound, I felt I needed a visual guide to make composing on the computer more comfortable; somet
by Vox_Leone 4y ago
When starting to write a conversion code for pre-decimal British pound, I felt I needed a visual guide to make composing on the computer more comfortable; something I could look at as I typed. I started sketching a diagram so I could keep the subject matter in perspective. I scoured the internet looking for a figure that would look similar and couldn't find it.
After some time working on LibreOffice Draw I had the infographic ready, which I share in this post. I thought it could be interesting and useful for Anglophiles, students, travelers, world citizens and the curious minds in general.
(*) Edited for corrections
- Normille 4y agoAnother oddity is that, while the old pre-decimal system was mostly based around multiples os 12: 1/4d [farthing] 1/2d [ha'penny] 2d [tuppence] 3d [thruppence] 6d [sixpence] 12d [shilling] 240d [pound] ...and the new decimal system [obviously!] based around tens, some of the old coins retained their nicknames, post decimalisation, even though their values had changed. So, the new 5p was universally referred to as a shilling [and was still = 1/20th of the new pound] and the new 10p universally referred to as 'two-bob'. I'm just old enough to have been starting primary school about the time decimalisation was introduced. So I can remember having lessons in how to count with the new money --although, oddly enough, I have no memory whatsoever of ever having counted pre-decimal money and having to 'un-learn' that.