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Another 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 [thruppe
by Normille 4y ago
Another 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.