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One shilling = 5 pee
two farthings = one ha'penny
two ha'pennies = one penny
three pennies = a thrupenny bit
two thrupences = a sixpence
two sixpences = one shilling, or bob
two bob = a florin
one florin and one sixpence = half a crown
four half crowns = ten bob note
two ten bob notes = one pound (or 240 pennies)
one pound and one shilling = one guinea
The British resisted decimalized currency for a long time because they thought it was too complicated
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November 6 2005, 21:30:03 UTC 6 years ago