Date: 2012-06-19 10:52 am (UTC)
When Britain went decimal in 1971 the new minted coins (Elizabeth head) had 'Five Pence' on the reverse - but the old shilling coins were (then) the same size as the 5P and were still legal tender, though not actually 'decimal coins'.

It does confuse people that the shilling was worth twelve old pence but only 5 new pence. (A the florin/two shillings was technically the first British decimal coin as there were ten to the pound.)

This is one of the (many) things that Connie Willis gets wrong in her wartime books.
This account has disabled anonymous posting.
If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting

Profile

neadods: (Default)
neadods

February 2023

S M T W T F S
   1234
567891011
121314 15161718
19202122232425
262728    

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Jul. 4th, 2025 09:22 am
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios