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Man who found smooth Mars bar gets £2 compensation (www.bbc.co.uk)
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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (14 children)

Hey, American here. I watch tons of old British telly and I thought i had a good understanding of currency terms but now I'm confused. I thought a quid is just another word for a pound?

While im here, is pence-pennies,tuppence-2 pennies, a shilling-like a dime or something,bob-just slang for pound? Plus you guys had the euro sort of wander in before brevity, it's all so confusing.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I think of quid as the british equivalent of "bucks"

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

    Tuppence is two pence, and nobody says it anymore. Shilling was twelve pence in old money. Farthing was a quarter penny. Ha'p'ny was a half penny. Bob was another word for a shilling. Crown was 60 pence, which was a quarter of a pound. Now we just have pounds and pence/pennies. It's much simpler.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Base 12 is actually simpler when you're accustomed to it. It's easier to figure out a third in base 12. The average person wasn't trading in a pound and the rich could give two shits.

    It's one banana Micheal, what could it cost? Ten pounds sterling?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    A shilling used to be 12 pence, and there were 20 shillings in a pound for 240 pence to the pound, before we decimalised.

    A dime is 10 cent, but that's just the name for the coin. Shillings used to be a part of the number system which was split into three tiers, not two with a decimal place.

    Bob used to be slang for a shilling, not a pound.

    We've never had the euro. The Republic of Ireland uses the euro, but if you call them British you'll get into real trouble.

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