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Re: English money
Posted By: wintermute, on host 65.27.254.73
Date: Tuesday, November 2, 2004, at 21:27:28
In Reply To: Re: English money posted by Beasty on Tuesday, November 2, 2004, at 20:03:04:

> > No, a bob is a shilling. And the pre-decimal system isn't that complicated. Certainly no more complex than any other currency of the time. there was 12 pence to the shilling and 20 shillings to the pound. The current (post-decimalisation) legal coins are:
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> A "bob" is still also used to refer to a ten pence piece, although this seems to be dying out.

I've heard it used for a five pence piece, but surely 10p would be two bob?

winter"unless things have changed recently..."mute

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