And
20 shillings = 1 pound
21 shillings = 1 guinea
2 shillings and and 6 pence = half crown
5 shillings = crown
1 penny = 2 half pennies
4 farthings = 1 penny
yea, real great system.
Baron Carter
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Tuesday, 28 November, 2000 09:03
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:9408] Re: Wanna go back to shillings and pence?
Paul Trusten wrote in an otherwise excellent posting (USMA 9392):
>The duodecimal units of measurement were for a former time, while the
>>International System of Units is for our time,
In my memory Britain had
12 pence = 1 shilling
12 inches = 1 foot.
The penny and the shilling have now gone. I don't think that 12 inches = 1
foot qualifies the mess of imperial units to be called duodecimal.
