On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 10:56:33AM -0300, Luis Campos de Carvalho wrote: > Andrew Wilson wrote: > > It was a UK system, not exclusively english. We (the UK) abandoned this > > madness sometime in the 1970's I'm 37 and I barely remember it. > > So, its not in use, anymore. > I'm quite interested about what ammounts you can use on day-by-day > transactions, like buying some bread by the morning and an orange juice > can by the night. What is the current monetary units on UK, today? > > > There were also halfpennies and farthings (which were 1/4 pennies). > > Other commonly used values: Tuppence; Thrupence; sixpence; > > florins; Guinney; crowns; half crowns; > > Really, a true nightmare... > I'm a kind confuse, right now... but this is funny. =-] > Thank you Andrew.
The current system is no where near as interesting. The basic unit of currency is the pound. The currency is also called Sterling, as in five Pounds Sterling. We deal in 100ths of a pound called new pence (usually just pence these days) to distinguish it from the old 240 pence (or d) to the pound. The old money was counted in Pounds (L), Shillings (S) and Pence (D). So before the 1960s if you were talking about LSD you were probably talking about british money, not mind altering chemicals. We currenlty have the following coins: 1p round copper 2p round copper 5p round silver 10p round silver 20p hexagonal silver 50p hexagonal silver 1 pound round brass 2 pound round silver and brass andrew -- Libra: (Sept. 23 - Oct. 23) It was nice of Utah Jazz great Karl Malone to visit you in the hospital, though you are not sick and easily could have entertained him at home.
