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Maybe the Brits had it right? 2 farthings = 1 halfpenny 2 halfpence = 1 penny (1d) 3 pence = 1 thruppence (3d) 6 pence = 1 sixpence (a 'tanner') (6d) 12 pe

Maybe the Brits had it right? 2 farthings = 1 halfpenny 2 halfpence = 1 penny (1d) 3 pence = 1 thruppence (3d) 6 pence = 1 sixpence (a 'tanner') (6d) 12 pence = 1 shilling (a bob) (1s) 2 shillings = 1 florin ( a 'two bob bit') (2s) 2 farthings = 1 halfpenny 2 halfpence = 1 penny (1d) 3 pence = 1 thruppence (3d) 6 pence = 1 sixpence (a 'tanner') (6d) 12 pence = 1 shilling (a bob) (1s) 2 shillings = 1 florin ( a 'two bob bit') (2s) 2 shillings and 6 pence = 1 half crown (2s 6d) 5 shillings = 1 Crown (5s) 2 shillings and 6 pence = 1 half crown (2s 6d) 5 shillings = 1 Crown (5s)

svat 3y ago
This is called the "LSD" system, for obvious reasons.
mcny 3y ago
It may make sense but I cannot support this lunacy in the United States no matter how much formal proof you throw at me until we outlaw all standardized testing in education. This will just give ETS / the college board / whoever fodder to ask even more stupid multiple choice questions. (No, I am not mathematically inclined and have won no Fields medals or even ever competed in one. I am just an ordinary person so this is just a personal opinion.)
dave4420 3y ago
You jest, but given America’s preference for traditional units of measure, I’m amazed they adopted a decimal currency to begin with. Pretty sure they’d still be on the Julian calendar if Britain hadn’t switched over before American independence, too. Think about the bullet we dodged there, programmers who hate time zones.
- midasuni 3y ago
  The dominance of America at least means time zones are well supported. Had a country like U.K, China or India - all country with a single time zone - dominated the early computing development time zones could very much be an afterthought.
  - quickthrower2 3y ago
    Had computers proceeded trains through you would be OK since UK had a time zone per town. Train timetables encouraged the single timezone.

svat 3y ago

This is called the "LSD" system, for obvious reasons.

mcny 3y ago

It may make sense but I cannot support this lunacy in the United States no matter how much formal proof you throw at me until we outlaw all standardized testing in education. This will just give ETS / the college board / whoever fodder to ask even more stupid multiple choice questions. (No, I am not mathematically inclined and have won no Fields medals or even ever competed in one. I am just an ordinary person so this is just a personal opinion.)

dave4420 3y ago

You jest, but given America’s preference for traditional units of measure, I’m amazed they adopted a decimal currency to begin with. Pretty sure they’d still be on the Julian calendar if Britain hadn’t switched over before American independence, too. Think about the bullet we dodged there, programmers who hate time zones.

midasuni 3y ago
The dominance of America at least means time zones are well supported. Had a country like U.K, China or India - all country with a single time zone - dominated the early computing development time zones could very much be an afterthought.
- quickthrower2 3y ago
  Had computers proceeded trains through you would be OK since UK had a time zone per town. Train timetables encouraged the single timezone.