Re: Remembering the good old days ...

abc wrote: 
12 pence (denoted by d) made a shilling
and 20 shillings (denoted by s) made a pound
(denoted by £ or l)
21 shillings made a guinea



How glad I am in the modern age.
All in multiples of 10

1 dam     =      10 hm    =   100 km
1 AP      =        1 car
10 AP    =         10 cars





And I paid 5 cents to travel from Lido to KL

25 cents from KL to PJ old town.

mammak mee goreng was 30 cents a plate

Wish the old rates had stayed....
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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Why "d" For Pence?
    ... Amounts below a pound ... Fourteen shillings and sixpence would be 14/6. ... Whereas a pound was equal to 20 shillings, a guinea was equal ...
    (rec.collecting.coins)
  • Re: Enids vet bill.
    ... been £ p instead of £ s d. ... there were 12 pennies to a shilling and 20 ... shillings to the pound, now it's just 100 pennies to the pound, 1 new penny ...
    (rec.pets.cats.anecdotes)
  • Re: Lake Agassis flood
    ... 20 shillings to the pound. ... farthing (1/4 penny), half penny, penny, three penny piece, six pence, ... Wasn't the guinea an actual coin in Napoleonic times? ...
    (talk.origins)
  • Re: Do U or dont U have a small cell phone? Good reception?
    ... 12 pence to a shilling, 240 pence (20 shillings) to a pound. ... And 21 shillings = one guinea ...
    (uk.people.silversurfers)
  • Re: Re: Lake Agassis flood
    ... 20 shillings to the pound. ... farthing (1/4 penny), half penny, penny, three penny piece, six pence, ... The guinea didn't exist as a coin or note as such, ...
    (talk.origins)