Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-linkTIL the pound was named because 240 Sterlings (pennies) weighed a pound.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremaniacalmanicmania@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months ago The accounting system of dividing one pound into twenty shillings, a shilling into twelve pence, and a penny into four farthings was adopted[when?] from the livre carolingienne system introduced by Charlemagne to the Frankish Empire.[citation needed] The penny was abbreviated to “d”, from denarius, the Roman equivalent of the penny; the shilling to “s” from solidus (written with a long s, ſ, later evolving into a simple slash, /); and the pound to “L” (subsequently £) from Libra or Livre.[when?] I’m out.
minus-squareValiantDust@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 months agoYou’re quitting early. That’s not even half the fun of predecimal British currency. There is so much more: Edit: Well, that didn’t work. Let me see, if I can fix it. Edit2: or maybe it did? I can see the image in the browser, just not in the app. Here is the link, in case someone else can’t see it: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/British_predecimal_currency.svg
minus-squaredatavoid@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoSorry sir all I’ve got is 3 groat
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThe joke about wizard money at the start of Harry Potter makes so much more sense now.
minus-squareQuilotoa@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI guess simplicity and user friendly weren’t big concerns back then.
I’m out.
You’re quitting early. That’s not even half the fun of predecimal British currency. There is so much more:
Edit: Well, that didn’t work. Let me see, if I can fix it.
Edit2: or maybe it did? I can see the image in the browser, just not in the app. Here is the link, in case someone else can’t see it: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/British_predecimal_currency.svg
Sorry sir all I’ve got is 3 groat
My brain hurts.
The joke about wizard money at the start of Harry Potter makes so much more sense now.
I guess simplicity and user friendly weren’t big concerns back then.