Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1287arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1283arrow-down1external-linkTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareChris@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-223 hours agoNo, because the £ didn’t change, it was just divided up differently. A pre-decimal £ is the same as a decimal £. You could technically still pay in Shillings until they redesigned the 5p.
minus-squarekilleronthecorner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·23 hours agoMy grandparents still called them shillings sometimes, but been a long time since I’ve heard that! I’m only old enough to remember the old 10 and 50p
minus-squarenaeap@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 hours agoIn Austria we also had the ‘Schilling’ before the Euro I’m still not sure how this 2 currencies are connected - at least by name…
minus-squareChris@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·22 hours agoI vaguely recall the decimal ha’penny. I am old.
minus-squarekilleronthecorner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·21 hours agoYeah, to be fair it wur’all fields back then, far as the eye
No, because the £ didn’t change, it was just divided up differently.
A pre-decimal £ is the same as a decimal £.
You could technically still pay in Shillings until they redesigned the 5p.
My grandparents still called them shillings sometimes, but been a long time since I’ve heard that!
I’m only old enough to remember the old 10 and 50p
In Austria we also had the ‘Schilling’ before the Euro
I’m still not sure how this 2 currencies are connected - at least by name…
I vaguely recall the decimal ha’penny. I am old.
Yeah, to be fair it wur’all fields back then, far as the eye