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Originally posted by gunkulator
Ok, so what exactly is a farthing then?
Ok, so what exactly is a farthing then?
not sure about a crown
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half a penny i beleive
not sure about a crowneimi men anthropos pollon logon, mikras de sophias -
and a shilling equals 5 new pence, hence a bob = 5 penceOriginally posted by SpencerH
bob is the old slang for shillingComment
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1 Farthing = 1/4dOriginally posted by The Andy-Man
half a penny i beleive
not sure about a crown
1 Crown = 5/-Comment
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Don't go there with those ancient currency things, it confuses me
We are metric, and have been metric longer than I have been around. Just remember, our currency works the same as the US stuff, but is more valuable 
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Ah, I didnt know that. Its been a long time since I lived there.Originally posted by reds4ever
and a shilling equals 5 new pence, hence a bob = 5 pence
But you dont call 5 pence a shilling do you? 5 pence is like 5 cents i.e. nothing. A shilling seems like a lot of money to me. I guess it dates me
I'll ask my mum what she thinks (if I ever talk to her again).
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Just one old soldiers opinion. E Tenebris Lux. Pax quaeritur bello.Comment
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I just remembered guineas (the spelling might be wrong) which were 20 shillings instead of 16 = pound.
Now there's a currency system for you. It's no wonder we ruled the world, nobody else could understand the money or the weights.We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
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Just one old soldiers opinion. E Tenebris Lux. Pax quaeritur bello.Comment
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A half penny was called a halfpenny.Originally posted by The Andy-Man
half a penny i beleive
It was pronounced hape-knee. I can just remember them being in circulation, but I was about 3 or 4 when they got rid of them.
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I used to, until they finally took the old shilling pieces out of circulation about 10 years ago. (The new 5 and 10 pence pieces being the same size and weight as the old shilling and two shilling pieces.)Originally posted by SpencerH
But you dont call 5 pence a shilling do you?One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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But now they are a lot smaller, leading to old women taking twice as long to find the correct change in supermarkets.
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Whatever was wrong with barter? I ask you!Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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I miss the old money
Complete table needed?
2 farthings = 1 half-penny "hayp'nee"
2 half-pence = 1 penny
3 pence = 1 threepence "thruppenny bit"
2 threepences = sixpence
2 sixpences = 1 shilling "bob"
5 shillings = 1 half-crown
4 half-crowns = 1 pound (quid)
Sorry if I don't know all the names
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Jamski is correct, except he forgot:
10 shillings = 1 crown
21 shillings = 1 guineaSmile
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"Whatever was wrong with barter? I ask you!"
It increases transaction costs?www.my-piano.blogspotComment
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I would give you twopence (tuppence) for that list.Originally posted by Jamski
I miss the old money
Complete table needed?
2 farthings = 1 half-penny "hayp'nee"
2 half-pence = 1 penny
3 pence = 1 threepence "thruppenny bit"
2 threepences = sixpence
2 sixpences = 1 shilling "bob"
5 shillings = 1 half-crown
4 half-crowns = 1 pound (quid)
Sorry if I don't know all the names
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That can't be right.Originally posted by reds4ever
bob is the old slang for 5 pence
the slang for a 10 shilling note (now worth 50p) was 'ten bob note' so surely a bob is a shilling?19th Century Liberal, 21st Century EuropeanComment
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