British Currency Explained
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they should bring back the pounds shillings and pence. they got rid of it here in australia
4 years ago 4
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I still have my 1953 Coronation Crown. A lovely, chunky coin. When I was a boy, a Matchbox toy cost 10d - ten old pennies, and you could get four Black-boy chewy sweets for a penny. School dinners were 5 bob a week, and your weekly Savings Stamp with a picture of Princess Anne on each one was 6d - a tanner. The richer kids had the Prince Charles ones, which cost half-a-crown.
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My Dad still refers to decimalised currency as, 'mickey mouse money.'
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GREAT VIDEO!
(as long as I'm not tested on it.)
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my grandma and grandad still call 20p pieces sixpences and stuff like that and say thrupence
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Decimalisation took over When Heath lied to the nation concerning membership of the EEC
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This video would be complete if it mentioned the guinea.
1 guinea = 1 pound and one shilling (21 shillings). Horses are bought in guineas.
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Being a stupid American I've always wondered about this.Thanks for the lesson.
1 year ago 2
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Decimalisation was State organised theivery, a form of robbery. Australia and New Zealand at least based their new "Dollar" when they went decimal on Ten Shillings - 120 old pennies = 100 new cents. We lost 140 pennies - ober half the value of the pound! Robbery!
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You left out the farthing,groat,guineas,florins,thruppence,sixpence,half sovereign and sovereign to name a few others that were around.
silver760 1 year ago
@silver760 The groat wasn't around in Victorian times--that's more Elizabethan. It's five old pence...and I mean ANCIENT pence . And none of these other coins got a mention in the Alastair Sim version of Scrooge.
crashreboot 1 year ago 2
i am more confused now than i was when i were ignorant
bohoki 4 years ago 7
That's why the decimalised the currency!
crashreboot 4 years ago