Did'nt realize the Pound note had gone away. Back in the day Bank of England printed notes were works of art - 1970s Thai 100 Baht notes come to mind, just beautiful... I never did get a grip on the thruppence, farthings, bob, sovereigns, guineas, and so on which infest what we call "English Literature". It'd be nice to say that after accepting the Redcoat surrender we rationalized our currency, but that is'nt the way that happened. Either :) Jack ---- Russell McMahon wrote: > > So your Dollar was half the value of your former Pound? I think we > > may have learned from your mistake when we decimalised in 1971 - we > > kept the > > pound the same and just changed the pence, to "New Pence", > > appreviated "p" instead of the former "d" (from the Roman "dinari"). > > I didn't / don't see that as a mistake and admit thinking that the UK > "new pence" system was cumbersome and liable to confuse and also to > inflate prices. > It was probably necessary however to maintain the existence of the GBP > as it had such pomp and antiquity to it. > > The change from 12p to 10c to the shilling and 10 shillings to the > dollar made sense and was smoothly accomplished > > Coins were 1 2 5 10 20 50 100 200 c > Notes 1 2 5 10 20 50 100 $ > > Now > Coins 10 20 50 100 200 c > Notes 5 10 20 50 100 $ > > We also used d for pence. > In fact currency used to be LSD which had nothing to do with "Lucy in > the Sky with Diamonds" - which allegedly had nothing to do with drugs > but with a picture that one of their children brought home from > school. > > 'That's nice dear. What is it?" > "That's Lucy in the Sky with DIAMONDS!!!" > Ah !!! > > > > Hookey Walker !!! > > > > > Russell > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist