Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1318file-text
arrow-up1318external-linkTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square39linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekilleronthecorner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·26 days agoMy grandparents still called them shillings sometimes, but been a long time since I’ve heard that! I’m only old enough to remember the old 10 and 50p
minus-squareChris@feddit.ukcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·26 days agoI vaguely recall the decimal ha’penny. I am old.
minus-squarekilleronthecorner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·26 days agoYeah, to be fair it wur’all fields back then, far as the eye
minus-squarenaeap@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·26 days agoIn Austria we also had the ‘Schilling’ before the Euro I’m still not sure how this 2 currencies are connected - at least by name…
My grandparents still called them shillings sometimes, but been a long time since I’ve heard that!
I’m only old enough to remember the old 10 and 50p
I vaguely recall the decimal ha’penny. I am old.
Yeah, to be fair it wur’all fields back then, far as the eye
In Austria we also had the ‘Schilling’ before the Euro
I’m still not sure how this 2 currencies are connected - at least by name…